LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 49-year-old blind Christian in Pakistan has been arrested and charged with blasphemy, punishable by death, after a Muslim accused him of insulting Islam’s prophet, his mother said. Martha Yousaf, the nearly 80-year-old mother of Nadeem Masih, said that Waqas Mazhar and other Muslims often harassed her son, […]
Blind Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy
Objecting to harassment results in false, serious allegation.
October 31, 2025 By -
Christian in Pakistan Wins Faith Change on National ID Card
Court grants rare exception to system that favors Islam.
October 28, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 22-year-old Christian man in Pakistan has won a seven-month legal battle to have his religious designation corrected on his national identity card. In a systemic issue that has deep legal and social consequences for Pakistan’s vulnerable minority communities, Bahawalpur Civil Judge Anam Younis on Oct. 17 directed […]
Moves to Curb Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Surface
Proposed changes, crackdown on TLP indicate resolve.
October 27, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A massive crackdown on an Islamist religio-political party and a recent announcement by Pakistan’s law minister suggest authorities have resolved to make procedural changes to controversial blasphemy laws, sources said. The goal of such changes would be to prevent people from being falsely accused of blasphemy, which in […]
Police in Pakistan Clash with Islamic Extremist Party
Officials seek to ban TLP.
October 20, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christians in Pakistan expressed cautious relief after a massive crackdown last week on a Muslim extremist political party that has wreaked violence on Christians and other religious minorities. The Punjab Province government on Oct. 13 initiated a large-scale, pre-dawn operation to dismantle potentially violent protests by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik […]
Wrongly Imprisoned Christian in Pakistan Dies after Release
Pastor languished in prison for 13 years.
October 8, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A pastor acquitted of a false blasphemy charge after 13 years of languishing in prison tragically died two days after his release, a rights group said. Pastor Zafar Bhatti, 62-year-old founder of the Jesus World Mission Church ministry, died of cardiac arrest on Sunday (Oct. 5) at his […]
Christian Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan Wins Rare Bail
Victim voluntarily surrenders to police to avert Islamist violence.
September 9, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian in Pakistan won a rare grant of bail on Monday (Sept. 8), a day after he was arrested and charged with blasphemy, sources said. Maan Shaukat Masih, a 25-year-old resident of Nishat Colony in Lahore, was accused of tearing down a banner inscribed with the name […]
Catholic Slain in Muslim Attack on Pilgrims in Pakistan
Cousin seriously wounded in religiously motivated shooting.
September 8, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslims on Sunday (Sept. 7) shot to death one Catholic and wounded another as they traveled to a Marian pilgrimage site in Punjab Province, Pakistan, sources said. Afzal Masih of Samnabad locality of Lahore in Punjab Province, and his cousin Harris Tariq Masih were among a group of […]
Christians Stage 17-Day Protest against Injustice in Pakistan
Sit-in could resume if promises are not kept.
September 4, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a rare show of Christian solidarity in Pakistan, victims of August 2023 Islamist attacks on Christians ended an unprecedented 17-day sit-in on Tuesday (Sept. 2) after government assurances of justice. Addressing the demonstrators, the convener of the Victims Committee of Jaranwala, Lala Robin Daniel, said the sit-in […]
Christian Father in Pakistan Fights to Recover Daughter
Another kidnapped girl is forcibly converted and married to a Muslim.
September 3, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Christian father of a 13-year-old girl has fought to recover his daughter since July 31, when a court in Pakistan handed custody of her to a Muslim who abducted her and forcibly converted and married her, sources said. Shahbaz Masih of Sattukatla locality in Lahore, Punjab Province, […]
Kidnapping, Abuse Traumatize Christian Girl in Pakistan
16-year-old rescued from forced conversion, sex slavery.
August 25, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian girl rescued from a Muslim in Pakistan who abducted her said he forcibly converted her, sexually assaulted her as part of a sham Islamic marriage and forced her into prostitution. The forced prostitution resulted in serious health issues for the 16-year-old girl, whose name is withheld […]