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 […]
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 -
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 […]
Christian in Pakistan Arrested for ‘Blasphemy’ to Appease Islamist Throng, Sources Say
Hundreds of villagers flee.
February 20, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Christian families fled their homes in a village near Lahore, Pakistan yesterday after Muslim protestors called for the death of a young Christian accused of blasphemy, sources said. Patras Masih, an 18-year-old resident of Dher village in Shahdara Town area of Lahore, was taken into police custody late Monday […]
Muslim Student Accused of Killing Christian in Pakistan Released on Bail
Move suggests suspect could be acquitted, advocates fear.
January 30, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim high school student accused of killing a Christian in Pakistan has been freed on bail due to gaps in police investigations, sources said. Sharoon Masih, 17, died on Aug. 27, 2017 after Ahmed Raza beat him for drinking water from a glass used by all students in a […]
Suicide Attack on Church in Pakistan Darkens Christmas Celebrations
At least nine killed, more than 50 wounded, sources say.
December 17, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Terror struck Christians in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province today as four terrorists allegedly linked with the Islamic State (IS) attacked a church, killing at least nine worshippers and injuring more than 50 others. Police and church officials told Morning Star News that four suicide attackers stormed the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church […]
Government of Pakistan Bows to Islamists on ‘Blasphemy’ Suspects, Critics Say
Last chance for saving Aasiya Noreen (Asia Bibi) put in jeopardy.
December 4, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The Pakistan government’s surrender to demands of an Islamic extremist group jeopardizes the last chances for Christian mother Aasiya Noreen (Asia Bibi) to overturn her death sentence for “blasphemy,” sources said. The government’s inability to withstand the violent protests and demands of the upstart, Muslim extremist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah […]
Police in Pakistan Beat Christian Boy to Death, Father Says
Muslim classmate tried bullying 14-year-old into renouncing his faith, he says.
October 11, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan beat a 14-year-old Christian boy to death on Monday (Oct. 9) because he had gotten into a fight with a Muslim classmate who tried to bully him into renouncing his faith, sources said. Mushtaq Masih, father of Arsalan Masih, said that his son was a student at […]
Christian Father of Two in Pakistan Sentenced to Death for ‘Blaspheming’ Prophet of Islam
Muslim accuser had personal conflict with him, attorney says.
September 18, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of two in Pakistan has been sentenced to death for blaspheming Islam’s prophet in a phone text even though he is illiterate, sources said. Nadeem James, 27, was charged in July 2016 in Gujrat District after a friend, Yasir Bashir, complained to police that he received a […]