The brutal killing of a Christian medical student and enigma of motive in Pakistan

Farhan, the Pakistani Christian boy shot and killed. A Christian medical student was shot and brutally killed in Talwandi Inayat Khan village, Pasrur tehsil of Sialkot District, Punjab Province, Pakistan early this month. Farhan Ul Qamar, 20, who was pursuing a career as a laboratory technician, was killed in his under-construction house around 3 a.m. … Read more

Christian teen abducted, assaulted and gang raped in Pakistan

Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo: Unsplash/Adeel Shabir) In a shocking incident in Pakistan, a Christian teenager was abducted, assaulted and gang raped, sparking concern and raising insecurity among the Christian community. A resident of Kala Gujran, the Christian girl was abducted and raped in the Jhelum district of Punjab province in Pakistan on 24 September 2023. While on … Read more

Humanitarian tragedy looms as Pakistan threatens to expel Afghan refugees

(Photo: Pixabay) Christian Aid is warning of a fresh humanitarian tragedy as Pakistan threatens to expel 1.4 million “undocumented” Afghan nationals by 1 November. The development agency said that women, human rights defenders and anyone who worked for Western countries before the Taliban takeover are at risk of reprisals. Christian Aid’s Head of Asia Region, … Read more

Pakistan court sentences Muslim man to 25 years for killing Christian woman for refusing marriage proposal

(Photo: Pixabay) A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Muslim man to 25 years in prison for killing a Christian woman who rejected his marriage proposal. Muhammad Shahzad, the Muslim man who is also known as Shani, was sentenced by Judge Azam Khan of the Islamabad Session Court for the murder of Sonia Allah Rakha, … Read more

Pastor survives attack in Pakistan following church vandalism

(Photo: Pixabay) In a distressing incident, Reverend Eleazar Sidhu, a Presbyterian pastor in Pakistan, narrowly escaped harm when he was shot by hardline Muslims on the evening of September 3. The attack came just a week after his church’s walls were vandalized with Islamist slogans. The incident took place in Jaranwala, a tehsil in the Faisalabad district, … Read more

Supreme Court of Pakistan addresses forced conversion and child marriages amidst growing concerns

(Photo: Unsplash/Mohamed Nohassi) The Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued a directive urging the government to respond to a petition aimed at halting the forced conversion and marriage of minority girls, often used to disguise instances of child rape. The move follows a petition challenging the Lahore High Court’s decision to send Nayab Gill, a … Read more

Bishops council calls for UN action against anti-Christian violence in India and Pakistan

(Photo: Unsplash/Anna Hecker) The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council in India has called for United Nations intervention amid escalating anti-Christian violence in Manipur and Pakistan’s Punjab province.  In Pakistan, mob attacks recently targeted over 80 Christian homes and 19 churches in Jaranwala city. The attacks occurred on Aug. 16, following allegations of the desecration of a copy of the … Read more

Pakistan blasphemy case: Muslim mob demands rearrest of Christian

Muslim mob protest in Lahore. A sizable Muslim mob screaming slogans demonstrated on the streets of Lahore on Sunday calling for a Christian youth’s re-arrest, according to credible sources who spoke to Christian Today. The banners in Urdu say, “We oppose the 295C investigation,” and the crowd of people can be heard chanting, “Gusthake Rasool … Read more