A Christian blasphemy accused will stand trial under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism laws after a judge rejected his application for the removal of the “illegal” charges, his lawyer said. Supreme Court Advocate Rana Abdul Hameed said that Lahore Anti-Terrorism Judge Abher Gul Khan on July 6 rejected his application seeking the elimination of […]
A third accusation of blasphemy in less than a month compelled Christians to flee their homes in Sargodha on Sunday, sources said. Mobs blocked the main Sargodha-Faisalabad highway for hours on July 16 after mosque announcements urged people to protest posters allegedly bearing blasphemous caricatures and comments that were pasted on […]
Police have arrested a Christian on blasphemy charges for allegedly sharing a post on Facebook despite opposition from the Imam of the village mosque and other Muslims who said the post was not against Islam, his family said. Wasim Masih said that Sargodha police registered a case against his younger brother […]