LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The father of a 17-year-old Christian who was killed in a school in Pakistan by at least one Muslim classmate said the attack was religiously motivated, a charge that police dispute. Ilyasab Masih told Morning Star News by phone from his home in Chak 461 village, Vehari District in Punjab […]
Christian High School Student Killed in Pakistan
Muslim classmates apparently covering up religious motive.
September 8, 2017 By -
Another Teenage Christian in Pakistan Beaten, Accused of Blasphemy
Muslim mob continues thrashing him at police check-post.
August 22, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim mob in rural Punjab Province, Pakistan stormed a police station to continue beating a 16-year-old Christian boy accused of blaspheming the Koran, sources said. Asif Masih, illiterate and mildly mentally challenged according to his father, was so badly beaten by the mob in Punjab Province’s Gujranwala District on […]
Judge in Pakistan Urges Parliament to Prosecute Blasphemy Cases under Terrorism Laws
Constitutionality questioned.
August 18, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – In an expanded order to remove “blasphemous” content from social media in Pakistan, a high court judge included a recommendation that Parliament include terrorism charges against those accused of blasphemy. Last Saturday’s (Aug. 12) recommendation by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court is unlikely to result in […]
Islamists in Pakistan Accuse Christian Minor of Blaspheming Islam’s Prophet
No motive given for alleged comment.
July 17, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A member of an Islamic extremist group in Pakistan has accused a Christian minor of blasphemy after the boy had an argument with a Muslim, sources said. Hina Shafaqat, mother of 17-year-old Shahzad Masih, told Morning Star News that her son had been wrongly implicated in the case by a […]
Pakistan’s Calculated Spin on Apparent Killing of Chinese Evangelists
Interior ministry’s statement sends chilling message to foreign Christians.
July 11, 2017 By -
(Morning Star News) – Islamabad’s claim that “violations” of business visas contributed to the murder of two Chinese evangelists last month served key government purposes. Lee Zing Yang (Li Xinheng is said to be the more accurate rendering), 24, and Meng Li Si (Meng Lisi), 26, were teaching Chinese to people in Pakistan, and, like […]
Hospital in Pakistan Accused of Letting Christian Die Requests Arrest of Relatives, Colleagues
Medical superintendent tries to pressure family to drop case, sources say.
June 27, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Hospital officials are trying to pressure family members of a Christian who died from lack of treatment to drop charges against them by ordering their arrest, sources said. A court in Pakistan has ordered police to register a case against family members and colleagues of Christian sanitation worker Irfan Masih, […]
Christian Father of 2-Year-Old in Pakistan Jailed on Flimsy Blasphemy Charge, Brother Says
Arrested amid government crack-down on online ‘blasphemy.’
June 18, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Amid a government campaign in Pakistan against “blasphemous” content online, a Christian was arrested on Friday (June 16) when a Muslim accused him of blasphemy after a dispute over a repair bill, sources said. After millions of Pakistanis last month began receiving text messages from the government warning them against […]
Christian Sanitation Worker in Pakistan Dies after Hospital Refuses to Treat Him, Family Says
Muslim doctors said he was ‘unclean,’ brother says.
June 5, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian sanitation worker in Pakistan died on Thursday (June 1) after Muslim doctors refused to treat him for poisonous gas he was exposed to in a sewer, sources said. Doctors at Civil Hospital Medical refused to treat 28-year-old Irfan Masih of Umerkot City, Sindh Province, saying they did not […]
Christian in Pakistan Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for ‘Blasphemy’
Scanty evidence calls for acquittal, attorney says.
May 10, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian to life in prison under the country’s blasphemy laws in spite of scanty evidence, an advocacy official said. Nasir Saeed said a trial court in Rawalpindi sentenced Zafar Bhatti to life imprisonment, even though conviction under Section 295-C of Pakistan’s blasphemy law […]
Girl, 14, Rescued from Muslim in Pakistan Accused of Forcibly Converting Her
Police officer held her captive at his home, family says.
May 2, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A 14-year-old Catholic girl in Pakistan, taken from her family in December and forcibly converted to Islam, was rescued on Wednesday (April 26), her lawyer said. Attorney Tahir Bashir said police officer Munir Ahmed on Dec. 6 illegally detained Sumbal Arif of Hafizabad District, Punjab Province and coerced her into […]