Tag: Christian

Christian falsely accused of blasphemy gets death sentence in Lahore

Additional Sessions Judge Chaudhry Ghulam Murtaza “got swayed by his religious passions” when handing the death sentence to the accused Sawan Masih of Lahore's Joseph Colony

Young Christian charged with blasphemy living on a knife-edge

  A young Christian pastor, in hiding after being accused of blaspheming against Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), has surrendered to police due to serious threats...

Peshawar carnage: Angry Christian protestors block Islamabad Expressway

A large number of angry Christian protestors on Monday staged the protest demonstrations and blocked D-Chowk, Zero Point, Islamabad Expressway near Iqbal Town,...

Christian slaughtered in Karachi over blasphemy charges

A Christian man was killed by a Muslim fellow worker in Karachi’s Liaqatabad Jewellers Market on Sept 14 for allegedly blaspheming against the Holy...

Christian janitor’s daughter raped in boys’ hostel

A five-year-old Christian girl was reportedly raped on Monday in Sector F-8 of the federal capital. The rapist was arrested after the police registered...

Christian blasphemy accused given life as lawyer claims probe botched

A Christian man charged with blasphemy was given life sentence by a trial court in Gojra the other day, Pakistan Today has learnt. According to...

Protest demands christians’ protection

Good Hope Welfare Society Chief Mathias A Khan and Pastor Javed Augustan, along with several others, held a protest in Lahore’s Bahar Colony area...

Salik expresses solidarity with Christian victims

Renowned Christian activist and politician J. Salik arrived in the city on Sunday to express solidarity with the victims of the Badami Bagh attack....

Religious tension in Lahore after Christian is accused of blasphemy

Some 150 families of Joseph Colony in Badami Bagh police precincts were forced to abandon their homes on Friday after a local Christian youth...

Christian falsely charged with blasphemy acquitted by Bahawalpur court

  In a rare decision by a local court, Barkat Masih, a 56-year-old Christian accused of blasphemy was acquitted on Monday, Pakistan Today has learnt. According...

‘Merry Christmas’

A delegation of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), minority wing, led by JI Karachi Ameer Muhammad Hussain Mahenti visited different churches and presented flower bouquet to Christian...

Royal Prank DJs: ‘we are both shattered’

The Australian DJs behind a prank call to the hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated have spoken of their regret...

70-year-old Swedish Christian missionary shot at, in critical condition

Sister Birgitta Almby, a 70-year-old Swedish Christian missionary, who has been serving the local Christian community for over 38 years, was shot and seriously...

Two and a Half Men actor blasts show as ‘filth’ and...

An actor who has starred in American comedy Two and a Half Men for nine years has blasted the show as “filth” and “bad...

France bank chief says end of euro would be ‘disaster’

Bank of France governor Christian Noyer said Friday the euro is here to stay and warned that its disappearance would be an "absolute disaster". The...

Christian lawyers felicitated

Ijaz Farhat and Amer Taija were elected president and general secretary, respectively, of the Christian Lawyers Association of Pakistan on Saturday. Christian rights activists and...

Indonesia shuts Christian, Buddhist places of worship

Authorities in Indonesia's only province that uses Islamic sharia laws said Tuesday they had closed some Christian places of worship and Buddhist temples following...