LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Pakistan on Friday (March 21) slashed the throat of a Christian co-worker on allegations that he had committed blasphemy by touching an Islamic textbook “with unclean hands,” sources said. The attack on Waqas Masih, 22, took place at Subhan Allah Paper Mills in the Sharaqpur […]
Muslim Slashes Throat of Christian Co-Worker in Pakistan
Suspect accused Waqas Masih of blasphemy.
March 24, 2025 By -
Christian’s Release Delayed after Bail Granted in Blasphemy Cases
Under pressure from Islamists, judge finds pretexts for denying freedom.
March 21, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – An 18-year-old Christian is still languishing in jail a month after winning bail in all three blasphemy cases against him as a trial court is delaying his release, his father said. Sargodha Additional Sessions Judge Naveed Khaliq initially gave the family of Akash Karamat, who has been jailed […]
Deterioration of Human Rights in Pakistan Condemned at UN Event
Trade and aid must be conditional on real reforms, advocates say.
March 19, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Religious freedom advocates this month strongly condemned deterioration of human rights in Pakistan, particularly continued abuse of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws and forced conversions of minority girls. They delivered the scathing rebukes during the 58th Regular Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva on […]
Court Annuls Christian Woman’s Forced Marriage/Conversion
Ruling marks significant human rights victory in Pakistan.
March 17, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a significant legal victory against forced conversions/marriages in Pakistan, a civil court has annulled the marriage of a Christian woman who was given to a Muslim man as a child and coerced to convert to Islam and marry him, sources said. Bahawalpur Civil Judge Afzal Baig on […]
Judge Implicated in Blasphemy Entrapment Ring Resigns
Lahore High Court justice cites 'personal reasons.'
March 13, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court judge in Pakistan resigned last week after a media report exposed his alleged close ties with a criminal gang falsely charging Christians and others with blasphemy, sources said. Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday (March 6) sent his resignation […]
Police Free Christian Girl from Kidnapper in Pakistan
12-year-old forcibly converted to Islam and coerced into sham marriage.
March 10, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 12-year-old Christian girl reunited with her parents last week after she was abducted two months prior by a Muslim neighbor who forcibly converted her to Islam and coerced her into marrying him, sources said. Saba Shafique was abducted by Muhammad Ali, 35, from outside her home in […]
Christian Mother in Pakistan Abducted, Forcibly Converted/Wedded
Married Muslim co-worker still threatening her husband.
March 5, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Pakistan who twice abducted a Christian mother raped her, fraudulently converted her to Islam and fabricated an Islamic marriage, sources said. The suspect, Muhammad Asif Sadiq, is still threatening her husband, demanding that he return his “wife” and withdraw charges against him, said Asif Maih, […]
Assassinated Christian Lawmaker in Pakistan Honored
Shahbaz Bhatti slain by Taliban gunmen in 2011.
March 4, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christian rights activists and church leaders in Pakistan vowed to step up efforts to protect persecuted Christians as they honored the memory of assassinated politician Shahbaz Bhatti on Sunday (March 2), the 14th anniversary of his death. Bhatti, an ardent advocate for a diverse, multicultural and multireligious society, […]
Kidnapped Girl in Pakistan Who Escaped Is Abducted Again
Suspect and accomplice seize her at gunpoint, father says.
March 3, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Pakistan who kidnapped and forcibly converted a Christian girl who later escaped has abducted her again, her father said. Salman Masih said that Arsalan Ali again kidnapped his 15-year-old daughter, Muskan Salman, as the family visited their remote hometown, Tando Ghulam Ali in Badin District, […]
National TV Show Dares to Portray ‘Blasphemy’ Violence in Pakistan
Entertainment company lauded for unprecedented treatment of taboo subject.
February 24, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Church leaders and others in Pakistan lauded the producers and cast of a TV drama for risking their lives to broadcast an unprecedented, national media portrayal of the violent injustice resulting from blasphemy laws. In the final episode of Hum TV’s drama series, “Tan Man Neel o Neel […]