Tag : Lahore
Pakistan title : Pakistan Christian Teenager Charged with Blasphemy Waits in Jail
summary : A 16-year-old Christian in Pakistan is languishing in jail under a baseless blasphemy charge after a judge declined to grant him bail this month, his attorney said.
date : Feb 22, 2017 02:58 PM EST
activism title : Five Anti-Taliban Activists Mysteriously Disappear in Pakistan in One-Week Span
summary : Five human rights and anti-Taliban activists in Pakistan have disappeared under suspicious circumstances within the last week, raising questions about personal security and freedom of expression in the restrictive country.
date : Jan 16, 2017 12:59 PM EST
Pakistan title : Christian Arrested for 'Desecrating Quran' After Refusing to Allow Muslims to Build on Church Land
summary : A Christian in Pakistan has been accused of desecrating the Quran and arrested on charges of blasphemy after refusing to allow Muslims to build a water treatment plant on church property.
date : Jan 04, 2017 01:53 PM EST
Pakistan Christians title : Pakistan Bans 11 Christian TV Stations, Leaving Believers With No Media Presence
summary : Pakistani officials have banned 11 Christian television channels, leaving the country's 2.8 million Christians with no public media presence for the first time in nearly two decades.
date : Oct 13, 2016 10:57 AM EDT
Pakistan title : Muslims Shoot Father of Kidnapped Christian Woman in Pakistan, Sources Say
summary : Three days after police in Pakistan refused to comply with a court order to arrest Muslims who abducted, raped and tried to convert and marry a young Christian woman, one of the kidnappers shot her father, sources said.
date : Sep 07, 2016 10:53 AM EDT
Pakistan Murder of Christian Couple title : In Rare Action, Police in Pakistan Save Christian Couple Accused of Blasphemy from Mob Attack
summary : Police in Pakistan generally fail to step in and save Christians from attacks by Muslims thanks to the country’s hardline blasphemy laws. However, the police have broken tradition and intervened this time.
date : Jul 07, 2015 11:39 AM EDT
Asia Bibi title : In ‘Gross Miscarriage of Injustice,’ Christian Woman Asia Bibi Faces Death in Pakistan for Drinking from Muslim Water Cup
summary : A Christian woman in Pakistan has been sentenced to death for drinking from a Muslim water cup. However, her current health status is also in jeopardy, which has led to calls for her immediate release.
date : Jun 30, 2015 05:32 PM EDT