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Authorities have detained a suspect in the May 12 killing of a young Christian man in Pakistan’s Punjab province after hundreds of Christians demanded justice, sources told Worthy News Wednesday.

Asher Atray, the young Christian lineman of Pakistan’s Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) who was abducted last month, has been killed, Christians confirmed Tuesday.

A Christian laborer has died in Pakistan’s Punjab province after being “beaten by Muslim men” and suffering police “mistreatment,” Christian sources told Worthy News on Tuesday.

A young Christian man working as an assistant lineman at Pakistan’s Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) remained missing Sunday after he was abducted in the Pakistani province of Punjab, activists supporting his family told Worthy News.

Pakistani authorities have detained three men who allegedly raped a Christian woman in a violent robbery targeting her and her husband, Worthy News learned Tuesday.

A Christian man sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam in the eastern Pakistani town of Jaranwala will appeal the verdict, Worthy News learned Easter Monday.

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced a Christian man to death on Good Friday on controversial charges of blasphemy against Islam, Christians told Worthy News.

At least three Christian children have died in Pakistan’s Punjab province after a suspected Islamic extremist distributed poisoned sweets among Christian kids, several sources told Worthy News Tuesday.

An evangelical pastor in Pakistan’s Punjab province survived an attempt by Muslim extremists to torch his church Sunday after recent killings and kidnappings of other believers in the region, Christians told Worthy News.