Four days after mobs attacked Christian neighborhoods in Jaranwala tehsil of Faisalabad district, burning churches and ransacking homes and businesses, a similar outrage over blasphemy allegations was narrowly averted in Sahiwal on Sunday, sources said. Bishop Abraham Daniel of the Sahiwal Baptist church said that tensions escalated in 186/9-L village when […]
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 […]