Tag: Pakistani Christians

JUDGE Lahore Ghulam Murtaza Chaudhry sentenced Sawan Masih to hang after a Muslim said he had insulted the prophet Mohammed in the eastern city of Lahore a year ago.

ADDITION District and Sessions Judge Mian Shazad Raza sentenced 28-year-old Sajjad Masih to life in prison and a fine of 200,000 rupees (about $2,000) Saturday in Pakistan’s Punjab province.

A Christian girl who was accused of burning Islam's holy book in a case that focused international attention on Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws is now in Canada with her family after spending months in hiding, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said.

OVER 100 Christian homes were torched on Saturday by an enraged Muslim mob, following reports that a Christian man had blasphemed Islam in Lahore, eastern Pakistan.

A Christian teen has allegedly been raped in Pakistan. Fouzia Bibi, 15, lives in Village Roday, District Kasur. Her father Malooka Masih has worked as...

A mob in Pakistan has stormed a police station and beaten to death a Muslim man accused of desecrating the Koran. The victim's body was...

A Christian missionary to Pakistan is in critical condition after being shot in the city of Lahore. Bergetta Emmi, a Swedish national, is director of...

A pastor in Pakistan has been denied bail after he was accused of blasphemy and arrested by police who protected him from a mob of angry Muslims.

TWENTY-Eight-year old Muslim Arif Gujjar is under police custody for questioning in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Christian Amariah Masih shot to death on Nov. 27 in Pakistan.

CHURCH leaders are urging Christians to remain calm after a Muslim tore up a Bible at Lahore Cathedral in retaliation against the burning of a Qur’an by an American pastor.