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For Christians in Pakistan, pandemic lockdown spells hunger, hardship

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The emergency program will provide food parcels to more than 5000 of the poorest families, families that were already living below the poverty threshold before ...
Miara Shahbaz

Christian girl, 14, abducted during virus lockdown in Pakistan, forced to wed kidnapper and renounce her faith

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Mr. Sandhu said he would appeal the decision, taking the case to Lahore High Court and if necessary Pakistan’s Supreme Court, which in October 2018 ...

Pakistan: Christians, other religious minorities are denied COVID-19 aid

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He called on the Pakistan government to provide masks, gloves and other COVID-19 protective equipment for sanitary workers and domestic workers—many of whom are Christians.

Pakistan: Parents of kidnapped, forcibly converted Catholic teenager look to highest court for relief

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"We are not giving up, and, together with her lawyer Yousaf, we are going to take the case to the country’s Supreme Court. This was ...

Newly released from jail, 40 Christians in Pakistan find help rebuilding their lives

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There was widespread criticism of police behavior leading up to the men’s arrests. Church leaders claimed police had gone “house to house aiming to arrest ...

In France seeking asylum, Asia Bibi meets the public at last

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She becomes more animated, and her previously quiet voice becomes more confident and assured: “Throughout my imprisonment I held the hand of Christ. It is ...

Pakistan: ‘Asia Bibi jurisprudence’ gives hope to Christians facing blasphemy charges

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"Pakistani journalists now readily refer to Asia Bibi when a new case hits the headlines. They have realized the importance of the issue and it ...

Pakistan: Christians, accused of lynching, are set free

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"Throughout Pakistan, people had been praying, every day praying that the court would rule in their favor. It is a big day for us all. ...

Pakistan: victim of forced conversion to Islam might testify in court—a first

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It is the first case of forced conversion to Islam and forced marriage ever to come before a Pakistani High Court; and it is the ...

Pakistan: abductor threatens parents of kidnapped Christian girl

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"The [parents] are too poor to be able to afford the legal expenses to bring such cases to court. The result is that the abductors ...
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