More than 20 church buildings have been attacked and hundreds of Christian homes destroyed after extremists rioted in Pakistan. Christians fled en masse from the Punjab town of Jaranwala, near Faisalabad, as fanatics began throwing stones and rocks and setting buildings on fire. The incident followed a blasphemy allegation against a […]
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 […]