Pakistan

Pakistani authorities have detained an 11-year-old Christian girl in the capital Islamabad because she allegedly burned the Koran, viewed as a holy book by Muslims, an advocacy official told Worthy News.

Eleven Christian staff nurses at the Civil Hospital in Karachi were allegedly poisoned as punishment for drinking tea in their hostel rooms during the daylight hours of Islam’s Ramadan fast.

In a recent press release, the President of the Pakistan Christian Congress claimed that his government was planning to amend its constitution, replacing the phrase, “Reserved seats for Christians, Hindus, Ahmadi, Sikh and others,” to simply “Non-Muslims,” thus destroying the separate identities of millions of religious minorities living in the Islamic Republic.

The President of the Pakistan Christian Congress demanded the immediate release of Asia Bibi Saturday.

Thousands of Pakistani Christians live like slaves in Punjab’s Muslim-owned brick kiln industry.

The Center for Human Rights Education expressed deep concern about the numerous threats to the lives of human rights defenders in Pakistan.

A Christian couple in Pakistan sentenced to life imprisonment for blasphemy have been cleared on appeal.

The third anniversary of Asia Bibi’s illegal imprisonment will be marked by a rally and concert outside Pakistan’s London embassy June 14.

A Pakistani Christian playwright will present “295-C”: a play concerning his nation’s notorious blasphemy law.