PAKISTAN: Parliament votes to extend blasphemy laws
Increased penalties for for insulting the Prophet Mohammed’s companions, wives and family members
Category: Pakistan
PAKISTAN: A long wait for justice
For almost eighteen months Shagufta Kiran has been waiting for trial in Central Jail Rawalpindi under Pakistan’s blasphemy law.
PAKISTAN: Christian families receive flood relief aid
Over 650 Christian families have benefitted from a major flood relief aid distribution programme
PAKISTAN: Supreme Court frees three Christians on bail on blasphemy law charges
Call for government to act to deter false accusations.
PAKISTAN: Christians flee homes as police avert mob attack
Christians fled their homes in Lahore as a huge Muslim mob marched on their church
PAKISTAN: Ashfaq Masih sentenced to death
Lahore Christian Ashfaq Masih has been sentenced to death for blasphemy
PAKISTAN: Christian woman in jail on blasphemy charge
Shagufta Kiran has been waiting for trial in Central Jail Rawalpindi since she was arrested on 29 July 2021 for forwarding a WhatsApp message that allegedly contained blasphemous content.
PAKISTAN: Church of Pakistan minister murdered
Rev William Siraj (75) was shot dead in a targeted killing in Peshawar on Sunday 30 January
PAKISTAN: 14-year-old Christian girl abducted, forcibly converted and married
Mahnoor Ashraf went missing on 4 January after leaving her home in Lahore
PAKISTAN: Zafar Bhatti given death sentence
The ruling was announced on 3 January 2022 by a judge at Rawalpindi District Court