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...

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...

 A case of abduction, rape and forced conversion of a minor Christian girl. This tragic incident happened in February of  2017 in Village 66 JB Dhandhra, near Faisalabad Airport area.  Charlotte (pronounced Sharlet in Urdu) lived in this village, near Faisalabad Airport with her mother, father, maternal grandmother and 6 brothers and sisters. Her father...

 June 8, 2022 Pakistan:We are grieved to learn about the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench verdict of the death penalty served to Qaiser Ayub and Amaon Ayub. Today, June 8th, 2022, the decision of the additional session court upheld the death penalty for Qaiser and Amaon.  They were arrested and charged under Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws 295-C...

Another case of a minor Christian girl held in a Shelter House Peshawar Pakistan, June 17, 2022. Kainat is a teenager who was sent by her mother to the local market to buy some sugar. While on her way she was kidnapped by Maqsood. She was raped and abused for 6 days. On the 7th...

Rajesh Bhatti Muslim Neighbour Opens Gun Fire over House Extension of Christian Neighbours May 2022, Wah Cantt city, Pakistan. A Christian family’s son, Rajesh Bhatti and cousin, Niqash Bhatti were building an extension on the top floor of their house when their neighbour Mohammad Shahid Iqbal and his brother Mohammad Humayun Iqbal tried to stop...

Peshawar, Pakistan. April 18, 2022 A local pastor called me (Nadeem Bhatti) two days ago to share about an Afghan refugee family who had crossed the border, at 10 am local time. In a conference call with the Afghan refugee “Adam” (name changed for security purposes) he informed me that it took them 45 minutes...

Target Killing, Slain for Christ – Pastor William Siraj Peshawar PakistanOn 30 January, 2022 unidentified motorcyclists shot and killed a pastor in Peshawar, the capital of the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), after Sunday Church Service. The late Pastor was accompanied with companions, one of whom was injured in the shooting. Pastor William Siraj (75),...