In a positive legal victory, a 14-year-old Christian girl, Ariha, of Okara, Punjab, has been returned to the custody of her parents after her abduction, forced conversion and the illegal marriage of a...

In a shocking act of religiously motivated violence, Waqas Masih, a 22-year-old Christian labourer, was brutally assaulted by his Muslim co-worker at Subhan Allah Paper Mills in Chak No. 16, Sharaqpur...

After nearly two months of legal battles and uncertainty, 14-year-old Christian girl Saneha Sharif has been rescued and reunited with her parents. Her case, which we shared on

Farhan Masih, a mentally disabled Christian man, has been charged with blasphemy and terrorism-related offences in Sahiwal, Pakistan. The First Information Report (FIR) incriminating him was registere...

Recently, a 14-year-old Christian girl was reportedly abducted by five men outside her home in Sialkot, Punjab province, Pakistan. Sharif Masih said he fears the kidnappers may try to forcibly conv...

A Christian teenage domestic worker, Muskan, and her family are facing false theft allegations after she accused her Muslim employer, Kamran Haider, of attempting to rape her. Muskan, 18, recounted...

Ahmad Saeed, additional district judge of Kasur District, Punjab Province, on 16 November overturned the verdict of Pattoki Civil Judge Mian Usman Tariq, who had ruled that 24-year-old Sufyan Masih co...

A pastor and his family have gone into hiding after a Muslim neighbour, who had raped his 14-year-old daughter a month earlier, tried to kidnap her and force her to convert to Islam and marry him. ...

An 18-year-old Catholic woman in Pakistan said police have refused to arrest a Muslim who abducted and raped her at gunpoint last week. Imaan Khurrum of Punjab Province told a Christian news channe...

Pakistan’s blasphemy laws mean Christians are at constant risk of being falsely accused of blaspheming Islam, the Koran or Mohammed, and they receive harsh punishments when convicted. Christians hav...

On 19 September, a special court in Islamabad, operating under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), sentenced Christian woman Shagufta Kiran to death after being convicted of sharing blasph...

In a concerning incident that has raised serious questions about the treatment of religious minorities, a Christian man in Faisalabad was allegedly forced by police to swear on the Bible in order to h...

In November 2023, community leaders of San Isidro Arenal, a town located within Oaxaca State, mandated that Roman Catholicism would be the only religion permitted in their community. Following this de...

The village of Kalay Wala in Tehsil, Kasur District, Punjab, has become the epicentre of a tense and potentially volatile situation after two Christian twin brothers were arrested and charged with bla...

One year after one of the worst attacks on Christians in Pakistan, Christians on Friday 16 August gathered to call for justice regarding the rioting in Jaranwala as most of those arrested have been di...

Pakistan’s blasphemy laws mean Christians are at constant risk of being falsely accused of blaspheming Islam, the Koran or Mohammed, and they receive harsh punishments when convicted. Lawyers who de...

A 25-year-old Christian woman named Salma Munir, who was mentally ill, was kidnapped, repeatedly raped, and ultimately died in June. The horrifying details emerged when the accused, Omar alias Khatri,...

Not a day passed when Allah Rakhi Bibi would not cry for her husband Nazeer Masih Gill, beaten to death at 74 by a Muslim mob on a false blasphemy accusation a month ago. On 21 June the grieving wi...

On 3 June, Nazir Masih (aka Gill) a victim of the alleged misuse of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, succumbed to severe injuries sustained during a brutal mob attack. Masih, already a target among the Mu...

An elderly Christian has been fighting for his life in hospital after a Muslim mob attempted to kill him due to a neighbour falsely accusing him of burning pages of the Koran, his family said. Sour...

Zafar Bhatti has been held in prison for 12 years on allegations of blasphemy. Although initially sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017, the Christian man's punishment was changed to the death penalt...

A twenty-four-year-old Christian mother of two, Saima Bibi, was working last month with her husband, Shahzad Masih, on the farm of two Muslim landlords in Faisalabad District, Pakistan. Relatives had ...

Ashbeel Ghauri was recently arrested following accusations from a former classmate that he had allegedly disrespected Islam during a WhatsApp conversation. According to Ashbeel's father, Babar, the...

The Christian parents of a 10-year-old girl in Pakistan who was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam last month, fear she could be sold to sex traffickers, sources said. A month after Laiba Suh...

A judge in Pakistan on Friday 1 March acquitted two Christian brothers of false blasphemy charges that had led to Muslims attacking Christian homes and businesses in Jaranwala last year, sources said....

In a recent development, tensions in Faisalabad have eased following the release of Younis Masih, 72, also known as Bhagat, after he was cleared of blasphemy charges. Masih's release has restored calm...

Two Christian brothers, Azam and Nadeem Masih from Kharota Syedan, Sialkot, Punjab, faced the horror of forced conversion to Islam under severe duress. On 22 January, they were reportedly abducted by ...

Nayab Gill was just 13 years old when she was taken from her home in Gujranwala, Pakistan, by her Muslim employer. She was forced to convert to Islam and made to marry her abductor at gunpoint, a fate...

In a heart-wrenching turn of events, Adeeba Amjad, a young Christian female teacher abducted on 16 May, from her home in Pak Colony, Lassi Road, Hub, Baluchistan, remains separated from her family due...

A young Christian boy was recently badly beaten by his Muslim schoolteacher after he allegedly committed a blasphemous act in class. The incident, which took place in the Pakistani city of Khanewal, h...

In May 2021, 13-year-old Nayab Gill was forcibly converted and married to a 30-year-old Muslim man named Saddam Hayat. Despite court challenges, custody was given to her ‘husband’. A year later, r...

A pastor was shot and wounded by hardline Muslims earlier this month in Jaranwala, Pakistan, just two weeks after churches and Christian properties in the area were destroyed by an Islamist-inspired m...

In the wake of the devastating attack on Christians in Jaranwala, a series of false blasphemy cases has emerged in Pakistan, shedding light on the distressing misuse of blasphemy laws and the resultin...

Concerns have been raised about efforts to ramp up blasphemy laws in Pakistan. Those found in contradiction to the laws face abhorrent punishment – sometimes, even death. The Criminal Laws (Amend...

A Christian widow and mother of three was abducted, raped, murdered, and doused with acid after she refused to convert to Islam and marry one of her abductors. Shazia Imran worked at LUMS Universi...

A 22-year-old Pakistani Christian was sentenced to death for blasphemy on 30 May. Noman Masih was found guilty of blaspheming the Muslim prophet Mohammad because of pictures he was accused of distribu...

Two Christian teenagers, one of whom is a minor, were arrested on accusations of blasphemy in the Qurban Lines area of Lahore, Pakistan on 18 May. Adil Babar, aged 18, and his neighbour Simon Nade...

On 4 April, we asked for prayer on behalf of a 12-year-old girl who had been kidnapped and, after being recovered, was placed in a women’s shelter rather than being returned to her father. Young ...

Hoorab Masih went missing on 28 December after she failed to return from grocery shopping. It was soon discovered that the 12-year-old had been kidnapped by a local shopkeeper, Muh...

Sitara Arif, a 15-year-old Christian girl, was kidnapped on 15 December in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Abducted by the husband of her employer, she was forcibly converted to Islam and then married to her...

An evangelism team based in Peshawar, Pakistan, conducted outreach into many cities in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region in the summer of 2022. Some of the materials distr...