LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In the wake of a mob lynching of a Christian falsely accused of defiling the Quran in Pakistan, Islamic extremists at a rally on Sunday (June 9) voiced support of the homicide and threatened others. At the rally organized by the Islamic extremist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) in Sargodha, […]
Massive Rally in Pakistan Backs Killing of Christian
Islamist party activists vow to lynch other ‘blasphemers.’
June 12, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
Muslim Employer in Pakistan Tortures Christian Worker to Death
Catholic employee had quit against owner’s wishes.
June 11, 2024 By - 3 Comments
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim factory owner in Pakistan on Thursday (June 6) tortured to death an 18-year-old Catholic worker for leaving the job against his wishes, family members said. Waqas Salamat had started working at the plastic bottle manufacturing factory owned by Haji Muhammad Saleem in Lahore’s Islampura area two […]
Mentally Ill Catholic Woman Jailed on Blasphemy Charge in Pakistan
Those of ‘unsound mind’ cannot be tried, law states.
June 7, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 60-year-old Catholic woman who has been treated for mental illness was jailed on blasphemy charges this week in Lahore, Pakistan, her son said. Jameela Khatoon was arrested on Tuesday (June 4) from her house in Lahore’s Cantonment area on a complaint of Muslim shopkeeper Asif Ali, said […]
Report Calls Sargodha, Pakistan Attack, ‘Calculated, Manipulated’
Religious fervor played key role in attack that killed Christian.
June 6, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The May 25 Muslim mob attack that killed a Christian in Sargodha, Pakistan was a “calculated assault, manipulated through religious fervor to gain maximum leverage,” according to a report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). The attack in Sargodha’s Mujahid Colony, Punjab Province led to the […]
Christian Woman in Pakistan Jailed on Blasphemy Charges
Family faces intense pressure from Muslims to drop defense.
June 5, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Pakistan remains in jail on baseless charges of blasphemy after a judge rejected her bail application on Monday (June 3), sources said. Stella Khawar, 28, was arrested on May 12 in Kharota Syedan, in the Kotli Loharan area of Sialkot District, Punjab Province, and […]
Christian Accused of Blasphemy Dies from Injuries in Pakistan
Muslim mob incited by mosque announcement over false accusation.
June 3, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – An elderly Christian attacked by a Muslim mob in Pakistan over a false blasphemy accusation succumbed to his injuries at 12:30 a.m. Monday (June 3), his son said. Sultan Gill, son of 74-year-old Nazeer Masih Gill, said his father passed away after the government had moved him to […]
Suspects Unprosecuted in Death by Torture of Christian in Pakistan
Police decline to arrest accused Muslims who pressured relatives.
May 30, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – With suspects in a homicide case pressuring the victim’s relatives to make false statements, police in Pakistan are declining to arrest them in the case of a Catholic tortured to death by his Muslim employers, sources said. Sonia Shahid, widow of 35-year-old Shahid Masih and mother to their […]
Court in Pakistan Forces ‘Islam’ Designation on Christian’s ID Card
Employer fraudulently ‘converted’ worker, attorney says.
May 30, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan denied a Christian victim of fake conversion to change the religious designation of Islam and the Muslim name that his Muslim employers fraudulently registered on his National Identity Card, sources said. “Islam teaches that everyone is Muslim at birth but the parents and society […]
Christian Sanitation Worker Tortured in Pakistan
Sweeper beaten, chained for not granting request soon enough.
May 29, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslims upset with a Christian sanitation worker in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday (May 25) beat him and left him chained in blistering heat for hours, sources said. Hussain Masih, father-in-law of Yasir Masih, said he found the 35-year-old sanitation worker in the Gujjarpura area of Lahore chained to […]
Christian Wounded in Attack in Pakistan in Stable Condition
Police arrest 26 of 44 Muslim suspects.
May 27, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian in Sargodha, Pakistan who was critically wounded in a mob attack on Saturday (May 25) due to false allegations of blasphemy is in stable condition, sources said. The mob of rioting Muslims beat Nazeer Masih Gill, 74, vandalized his house and burned his shoe factory in Sargodha […]