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...
Martyr Dr. Bishop John Joseph: A Personal Tribute by Nadeem Bhatti Born in 1932 in Khushpur, Bishop John Joseph was ordained in 1960 and later earned a doctorate in Canon Law in Rome. Appointed Bishop of Faisalabad in 1984, he became a prominent public figure who stood with the oppressed, consistently challenging discriminatory practices and...
The Case of Maria Shehbaz: Legal Controversy and Grave Human Rights Concerns On 29 June 2025, a 12-year-old Christian girl, Maria Shehbaz, went missing from Lahore. Her father, Shehbaz Masih, reported her disappearance and, despite resistance and obstacles to filing, registered a First Information Police Report for abduction.When the girl was traced and located, the...
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,...
On February 23, 2026, Gujranwala City: A Christian man named Sarwar Masih and his familywere forcibly removed from their ancestral home of 80 years by a neighbour, MeharMohammad Farooq. Despite utility records proving Mr. Masih’s ownership, Mr. Farooq reportedly used a court order to evict the family on short notice without allowing them anopportunity to...
With deep shock and grief, I share the horrifying news of the brutal, targeted killing of Pastor Kamran Malik. After surviving one attempt on his life on September 10, Pastor Salamat was murdered at 8:00 am on Thursday, December 4, 2025, in Gujranwala, Pakistan while taking his daughter to school. The attacker shot him three...
(To protect the victims, names and identifying details have been withheld.)On December 10, 2025, in a rural community in Pakistan, a six-year-old Christian girl was brutally raped after being sent to attend her usual evening tutoring. When the child failed to return home, her father began searching for her and went to the tutoring location,...
