LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A young Christian man in Karachi, Pakistan lost sight in one eye when armed, Muslim neighbors attacked his family, his father said. Vikram John, 25, lost sight in his left eye after Muslim neighbors who had pressured his family to leave the neighborhood with months of harassment beat him and […]
Christian Loses Sight in One Eye in Attack by Muslim Neighbors
Pakistani Islamists try to drive out only Christian family on the block.
August 28, 2018 By -
Christian in Pakistan Charged with ‘Blasphemy’ in Scheme Involving Islamist Party, Sources Say
Young man accused of defaming Muhammad by text message.
August 10, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A member of an Islamic extremist party in Pakistan has charged a Christian with blasphemy as part of a scheme by the accused’s ex-girlfriend and her brother, sources said. Farhan Aziz, 26, was arrested under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy law in Muslim Town, Gujranwala District, Punjab Province, after the brother and […]
Police in Pakistan Kill Young Christian Man in Raid, Relatives Say
Officers notorious for filing false charges, then blackmailing the poor, they say.
June 8, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Poor Christians in Pakistan commonly see police target them for extortion on false charges, and last week such a case ended in the death of a 24-year-old Christian, relatives said. On the assumption that Christians with few legal resources can be targeted with impunity in the 96-percent Muslim country, policemen […]
Christian Woman in Pakistan Dies after Being Set on Fire
Muslim suitor insisted she renounce Christ and marry him, relatives say.
April 23, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Pakistan died on Sunday night (April 22) after a Muslim in the Sialkot area set her on fire for refusing to convert to Islam and marry him, relatives said. Muhammad Rizwan Gujjar poured kerosene on 25-year-old Asma Yaqoob and set her on fire on Wednesday (April […]
Gunmen Kill Two More Christians, Wound Three, in Quetta, Pakistan
Two girls, 11 and 13, injured in second attack this month in city.
April 17, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Christians in Quetta, Pakistan are living in fear after the second attack this month by suspected Islamist militants killed two Christians in front of a home. Three other people were injured, including two girls, in the shooting on Sunday (April 15) in the capital of Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, […]
Four Christians Killed, Girl Wounded in Easter Monday Attack in Pakistan
Islamic extremist groups suspected.
April 3, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Four Christians, including a woman, were killed and a young girl wounded in a terrorist attack in Pakistan on Monday (April 2), sources said. Rickshaw driver Pervaiz Masih was transporting his brothers-in-law Imran Masih and Tariq Masih, along with their sister-in-law Firdous, in Quetta, capital of the restive province, when […]
Staff Members at Emergency Maternity Ward in Pakistan Kill Christian, Relatives Say
Muslim doctors upset that Catholic woman in labor asked for immediate attention, brother says.
March 28, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Medical staff and security guards at a major government hospital in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday (March 26) killed a Christian father of four and injured five members of his family, including the pregnant sister he had brought because she was in labor, sources said. Anil Saleem said that he, his […]
Court in Pakistan Acquits 20 Muslims Suspected in Brick-Kiln Killing of Christian Couple
Separately, Christian on death row wins appeal.
March 25, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – An anti-terrorism court in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday (March 24) acquitted 20 Muslims suspected of involvement in the killing and burning in a brick kiln of a Christian couple in 2014, sources said. A frenzied Muslim mob of hundreds, incited by announcements made over a mosque loudspeaker, tortured and killed […]
Christians Wounded in Muslim Attack on Church Service in Pakistan
Assailants beat worshippers with bricks, open fire on them.
March 20, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – At least seven Christian worshippers were injured in an armed attack by local Muslims on a church service on Sunday (March 18) in southern Punjab Province, Pakistan, the church pastor told Morning Star News. Pastor Haleem Feroze Masih of the King Jesus Church in Burewala, 155 miles (251 kilometers) southwest of […]
Cousin of Christian Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan Injured While Fleeing Interrogators
Investigators ordered him to sodomize relative, he says.
February 26, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A young Christian man in Pakistan is in critical condition after jumping from a fourth-floor window when interrogators tried to force him to sodomize his cousin, a suspect in a blasphemy case, sources said. Sajid Masih, 24, was summoned for questioning in Lahore on Friday (Feb. 23) by the Federal […]