LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A judge changed a Christian’s life prison term under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws into the death sentence last week, while the Pakistan Supreme Court granted historic bail to another Christian held on similar charges, sources said. Zafar Bhatti, 56, who has languished in jail since 2012 after being accused of sending […]
Christian’s Prison Term Changed to Death Sentence in Pakistan
Separately, historic bail granted to blasphemy suspect.
January 10, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
Christian Parents in Pakistan Regain Custody of Minor Daughter
Allegedly kidnapped, forcibly married/converted girl opts for home.
December 23, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Wednesday (Dec. 22) handed custody of a 14-year-old girl back to her Christian parents after she testified that she wished to return to them from a shelter home, sources said. The Sindh High Court (SHC) issued the decision in the case of Arzoo Raja, now […]
Christian Sentenced to Death for ‘Blasphemy’ Acquitted
False charge sent him to prison for nearly 10 years.
November 22, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian in Pakistan incarcerated for nearly 10 years on a false blasphemy conviction was released from prison on Nov. 13 after a high court acquitted him, but quietly to avoid Islamist outrage, his attorney said. The life prison sentence of Sajjad Masih Gill, 37, had been converted to the […]
Historic Bail for Nurses Charged with Blasphemy, Lawyer Says
Decision cloaked for two months to deter Islamist backlash.
November 19, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – In an unprecedented court decision in Pakistan kept secret for two months to avoid Islamist backlash, a trial court judge granted bail to two Christian nurses charged with “defiling the Koran,” their attorney said. Usually those charged under Pakistan’s widely condemned blasphemy laws even with little or no evidence languish […]
Court Gives Custody of Christian Girl to Alleged Kidnapper
Islam gives mental capacity more importance than age, judge rules.
September 26, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan have found a 14-year-old Christian girl who was allegedly kidnapped and forced to marry and convert to Islam, but a court on Thursday (Sept. 23) rejected her family’s attempt to recover her, ruling that Islam gives mental capacity more importance than age in such cases. The Lahore […]
Islamic Extremists Charge Christian Woman with Blasphemy
Islamists invited to monitor comments in social media group.
September 21, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Blasphemy charges against a Christian preacher in Pakistan were filed not with help from members of the Ahmadiyya religion but only by Islamic extremists, sources said. A source in the Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan said the complainant in the case, Shiraz Farooqi, was not a member of the Ahmadiyya, a religion with […]
Muslim Gunmen in Pakistan Wound at least Four Christians
Pregnant woman said to be among those injured.
September 10, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Muslims in an area of Lahore, Pakistan on Monday (Sept. 6) fired high-powered weapons at the homes of Christians, wounding a pregnant woman and at least three other people, sources said. A wounded Christian resident in the Shamsabad locality of Lahore’s Sherakot area, Asif Masih, said he heard shouts followed […]
Sexually Assaulted Christian Threatened with Blasphemy Charge, Rights Group Says
Muslim supervisor retaliating for accusation of misconduct, leader says.
August 31, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim supervisor is threatening to file blasphemy charges against a Christian sanitation worker in Pakistan if she refuses to withdraw her sexual assault accusation against him, a human rights leader said. Salima Rani Bibi, a 50-year-old Catholic sweeper in the sanitation branch of the Khanewal Municipal Committee in Punjab […]
Missing Catholic Girl in Pakistan Depicted as Married Muslim
14-year-old disappeared on July 27.
August 6, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – When Gulzar Masih’s 14-year-old daughter did not return home from school in Faisalabad, Pakistan on July 27, the rickshaw driver and his brother set out to find her. Reaching the school later that afternoon, they found it was locked from the outside. They frantically searched for his daughter, Chashman, on […]
Christians Suffer Court Setback in Child Marriages/Conversions
Supreme Court declines petition for protection from Muslim kidnappers.
July 20, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Efforts to end the abduction and forced conversion/marriage of minor Christian girls suffered a setback when the Supreme Court of Pakistan last week declined to intervene in the issue, sources said. Supreme Court Justice Mushir Alam on Wednesday (July 14) rejected an appeal by a senior church leader for a […]