Extreme Prejudice Results in Unwarranted Tragedy According to widely reported accounts of the Pattoki case, a Christian laborer, Siddique Masih, lost his life after a dispute linked to him drinking from a shared water cooler. If these reports are accurate, it is a heartbreaking reminder of how something as ordinary as sharing water can become...

A Young Husband Faces Blasphemy Charges To protect this person’s identity and security, a pseudonym is being used, and identifying details have been withheld.“Samuel Masih” (pseudonym) has been in custody since mid-2024 while facing blasphemy and cybercrime charges in Pakistan. His trial has not yet begun, and he continues to deny the allegations against him.Arrest...

A Rural Family in Pakistan In a rural community in Pakistan, a young Christian family has been living through a nightmare that no one should ever have to endure. For their protection, we will call them Khalid and Saba. Their names, location, and other identifying details have been changed, but they are a real family—people...

Christian Awaits Verdict in High-Profile Case CAPC’s legal team continues fighting the battle for Ishtiaq’s release. Despite repeated bail applications in the Courts, Ishtiaq remains in custody. Lower courts as well as the Supreme Court have rejected his petitions. The Supreme Court of Pakistan has now directed the trial court to expedite proceedings before a...

Shoukat Acquitted in Blasphemy Case Islamabad:Shoukat Javed, a 62-year-old Christian from Attock, was recently acquitted of baseless blasphemy charges. After a series of court delays, the complainant, Muhammad Mushtaq, informed the court that he had “forgiven” Shoukat and wished to withdraw the case, leading to the court disposing of the matter.“Through my work with CAPC,...

Gas Leakage Blast in Islamabad's Christian Slum Kills Eight, Fourteen Injured Islamabad:A devastating gas leakage explosion occurred in a Christian Slum Sector G-7/2, Islamabad, turning the wedding celebrations into mourning, leaving eight people dead and fourteen injured in the Christian settlement known as 66 Quarters, in a low-income family. What was supposed to be a...

Lahore Pakistan:  Anwar Kenneth, imprisoned for 24 years on false blasphemy charges, was finally acquitted On October 7, 2025, by the Supreme Court, the highest court of Pakistan.  Attorney Rana Abdul Hameed said that the judges heard lengthy arguments, finally determining, based on medical evidence of bipolar disorder and mental illness, that Kenneth was innocent.This...

Remembering Pastor Zafar Bhatti Pakistan – October 2025My heart was full of gratitude this Thanksgiving season when I learned that the Supreme Court of Pakistan had acquitted Pastor Zafar Bhatti on October 2, 2025, after a 13-year-long struggle with the justice system.But that joy was short-lived. Just two days after his release, on Sunday, October...

Saragodha City, Pakistan 14-year-old Christian Shamraiz .After July 25, a new Islamic name, Mohammad Omer, Was given to himShamraiz (Shami) is a 14-year-old Christian boy who, after being sexually abused and then abducted by his employer, recently appeared in a video announcing his conversion to Islam.When his father died in early 2025, his mother, Rehana,...

 Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Report Nazir Masih lynching case, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan report chrome-extension://kdpelmjpfafjppnhbloffcjpeomlnpah/https://hrcp-web.org/hrcpweb/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2024-Allegations-of-blasphemy-and-mob-violence-in-Mujahid-Colony-Sargodha.pdf