Pakistan

A prominent Pakistani Christian lawyer who survived an assassination attempt in Pakistan’s Punjab province told Worthy News on Tuesday that Christ protected him.

A young Christian worker is in critical condition after he was reportedly attacked at his factory in Pakistan’s Punjab province for alleged “blasphemy against Islam.”

A Christian human rights lawyer who successfully defended several Christians detained for “blasphemy” against Islam says he survived an assassination attempt Sunday in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Worthy News learned.

There was concern Wednesday about a jail near Pakistan’s capital, where Christian inmates have been “banned from attending church activities” except for a limited two-hour window on Sundays, well-informed sources told Worthy News.

Police in Pakistan rescued a 12-year-old Christian girl who was abducted two month ago by a Muslim neighbor who forcibly converted her to Islam and coerced her into marrying him, the Morning Star News reported.

A Christian family held as modern-day enslaved people by a Muslim brick kiln owner in Pakistan has been rescued, Christians involved in the case told Worthy News Tuesday.

The family of a young Christian man who has been jailed in Pakistan for nearly eight months and almost died of torture on alleged false charges of “blasphemy” against Islam appeal for his release.

The body of a young missing Christian medical doctor who was “murdered” in southeastern Pakistan amid rising Islamic extremism has been found, Christians confirmed Sunday.

A Presbyterian church pastor was recovering from his injuries Friday after being shot in Pakistan’s Punjab province, church sources told Worthy News.

The main suspect in the killing of a young Christian man in Pakistan that shocked the Christian community has been detained at the international airport of Lahore, the country’s second-largest city, sources involved in the case told Worthy News on Tuesday.