Pakistan Christians get life for blasphemy

Two Christian men have been sentenced to life imprisonment in Pakistan under the country’s blasphemy laws, over charges their lawyers claim were trumped up.

Asian Christians condemn Taliban beheading of Sikhs

The Asian Evangelical Alliance has condemned the brutal beheading of two Sikhs by a militant group in Pakista

Karachi churches attacked

Pakistani politicians and Church leaders are appealing for calm after a Muslim mob in Karachi attacked two churches and a Christian community.

Pakistan Muslim platform seeks Pope’s help

A Pakistani Muslim activist platform says it has written a letter to Pope Benedict and the Archbishop of Canterbury protesting what it describes as repeated and blatant blasphemy by the European press.

Death of Shazia causes outrage against child labor in Pakistan

The release of Naeem Chaudhry, the alleged murderer of 12-year-old Catholic girl Shazia Shaheen, in Pakistan triggered protests that turned violent.

Church wary over Shazia autopsy report

Pakistan church leaders have rejected the post mortem report of a 12-year-old Catholic girl who apparently died because of sexual torture.
According to local news channels, the report said that the infection in wounds and lack of nutrition caused her death. Shazia Shaheen had been working as a maid at the house of a Muslim lawyer [...]

Presbyterian bishop to act as Shazia family lawyer

Bishop Timothy Nasir, of the Presbyterian Church in Pakistan, will lead a team of lawyers following the case of Shazia Bashir, the Catholic girl who was allegedly tortured, raped, and killed last month by her Muslim employer.

Pakistan blasphemy law to be revised

Pakistani Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti has said that the government plans to revise its laws against blasphemy this year.
Bhatti said religious reconciliation was a little-noticed priority for President Asif Ali Zardari’s civilian government in Pakistan, Samaa TV reports.
Bhatti, a longtime Catholic activist whose position was given full cabinet status for the first time, said [...]

Priest loses six relatives in Karachi blast

A Catholic priest has lost six relatives in twin blasts in Pakistan’s commercial capital that left at least 33 people dead and wounded scores of others, many critically.

Thousands turn out for Shazia funeral

Thousands turned out at Lahore’s Catholic Cathedral Monday for the funeral of Shazia, the 12-year-old Christian domestic servant who is alleged to have died from mistreatment at the hands of her employers.

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