A Young Man Named Ishtiaq On 29th November 29th, 2022 at about 4 in the afternoon, a young man in Islamabad named Ishtiaq received a phone call from a girl. After some chit-chat she told Ishtiaq to come to see her near the PSO gas station at G-8 Markaz. After he reached the location he...
Nouman Masih - 22-year-old Christian Youth Under Draconian Blasphemy Laws a Christian youth, Nouman Masih, 22–year–old son of Asghar Masih (masih means Christ)was sentenced to death in the blasphemy case dated May 30, 2023. MuhammadHafeezur Rehman Khan, Additional Sessions Judge, Bahawalpur, pronounced the decision of the case which has been in delay for the last...
Worshippers Attacked During Church Service On April 16, 2023, a violent mob of around 45 Muslims attacked a church in Pindorian, Islamabad during Sunday service. According to reports, the incident began outside the church when three young Muslim men began harassing 20-year-old Sharjeel and his 19-year-old sister on their way to church to lead worship...
Stephen Masih Suffers Severe Consequences of Fabricated charges Stephen Masih is a mentally challenged Christian man from Sialkot District, Pakistan whose extended family consists of his widowed mother, a married brother Francis, and a married sister, with their families.A Muslim family headed by Muhammad Rafiq lived right in front of Stephen’s house, with about seven...
Worsening Persecution of Christians in Nicaragua: A Call for Prayer and Action The actions of Sandinista Dictator Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, and his wife Rosario Murillo, Vice President, keep Nicaragua in the limelight among countries which violently persecute Christians.The sentencing on February 9 of Bishop Rolando Alvarez of Matagalpa is but the latest in...
The Strange Case of Anwar Kenneth,Death Row Prisoner Convicted of Blasphemy Lahore Pakistan: The case of Anwar Kenneth, a death row prisoner now 89 years of age, accused of blasphemy, will be decided by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on March 1, 2023. After the recusal of five state lawyers, on January 24, 2023, the...
(To protect the victim, real names and locations are not used) In Pakistan, religious minorities, especially Christian females, are targeted because offenders know they can get away with their crimes. Such sad incidents are not unusual. According to independent estimates, an average of 1,000 Christian and Hindu underage girls are abducted each year in the...
STORY OF IMRAN JOHN, KNOWN AS IMRAN GHAFOOR Ghafoor Masih Gill, a resident of Faisalabad District, ran a general store at the corner of the street where he lived for 45 years. He was well known as an honest and kind-hearted human among the majority Muslim residents, and the street was even known by his...
