Tag: Lahore

Death sentence for Asia Bibi confirmed

October 16, 2014 Pakistan Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Islamic extremism, Lahore, Pakistan, Prophet Muhammad, Quran

Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman accused of blasphemy and sentenced to death in 2010 has today had her sentence confirmed by the Lahore High Court. She is the first Christian woman to be given the death penalty under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws, and her case sparked global condemnation. She was accused of . . . Read More

Autopsy raises questions whether Christian’s death was suicide

May 2, 2014 Pakistan Lahore, Punjab, Sweepers

Haroon HaidarWorld Watch Monitor The autopsy report on a Pakistani Christian killed by gunshots raises questions whether the death was a suicide, as the owner of the weapon has claimed. The Punjab state medical examiner’s report on the April 16 death of Haroon Haidar potentially indicates he suffered two . . . Read More

Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy

March 27, 2014 Pakistan Blasphemy, Joseph Colony, Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League, Prophet Muhammad, Sawan Masih, USA

Lahore, Pakistan – A year after Muslims devastated the predominantly Christian Joseph Colony; the man at the center of the controversy has been sentenced to death for blasphemy because of claims that he insulted Islam’s prophet, Muhammad. Sawan Masih’s sentence, handed down March 27, is based on a conversation that . . . Read More

Pakistani Christian on blasphemy charge speaks out from jail

December 16, 2013 Pakistan Adnan Prince, Blasphemy, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Lahore, Lashkar-e-Taiba

A Christian held in a Pakistani prison has told World Watch Monitor about the events surrounding his arrest and current detention. In October 26-year-old Adnan Prince (also known as Adnan Masih) was accused by a work colleague of insulting Islam, the Qur’an and the Prophet Muhammad. A conviction of blasphemy . . . Read More

Pakistan’s churches increase security after Peshawar blasts

December 6, 2013 Pakistan All Saints Church, Barelvi, Lahore, Pashtun, Peshawar, PTI, Youhanabad

Christians guard the Full Gospel Assemblies Church in Bahar Colony in Lahore.World Watch Monitor Security around churches in Pakistan has increased since the deadly suicide blasts in Peshawar in September and the death of a police guard outside a church last month. On September 22, two suicide bombers blew . . . Read More

Rash of blasphemy accusations after Pakistan church bombings

November 26, 2013 Pakistan Al-Qaeda, All Saints Church, Blasphemy, Gujranwala, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Karachi, Lahore, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Pashtun, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Sunni Tehreek, Taliban, Youhanabad

The remains of a Munawar Masih’s belongings in Michael Town, Karachi, after they were taken from his home and set on fire.World Watch Monitor Two months ago, on September 22, two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside All Saints Church in Peshawar when congregants were leaving the church after . . . Read More

Christians flee Pakistani village after pastor accused of blasphemy

September 12, 2013 Pakistan Blasphemy, Lahore

Dozens of Christian families have fled from their homes in a village near Lahore after a pastor was accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. In a discussion with a Muslim man on August 24, Pastor Sattar Masih, 37, was accused of saying that Muhammad was a brutal man who . . . Read More

Pakistani Christians angered by ‘sweeper’ comment

July 24, 2013 Pakistan Asia Bibi, Balochistan, Caste, Gilgit, Imran Khan, Joseph Colony, Kasur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Lahore, Pakistan Muslim League, Pakistan Peoples Party, Pashtun, Paul Bhatti, Peshawar, PTI, Punjab, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Sweepers, UN

Pakistani Christians have been angered by a statement by the Chief Minister of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that only “non-Muslims will be recruited as sweepers”. The province, known for short as KPK, borders Afghanistan. Its Chief Minister, Pervez Khattak, who is in former international cricketer Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan . . . Read More

Badami Bagh case adjourned

May 30, 2013 Pakistan Badami Bagh, Blasphemy, Lahore, Pakistan, Prophet Muhammad

The case of a Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed has been adjourned until June 12. An alleged argument in March between Savan Masih and a Muslim friend led to violent clashes between Muslims and Christians and the destruction of hundreds of houses belonging to Christians in . . . Read More

Pakistani Christians find unlikely ally

May 10, 2013 Pakistan Blasphemy, Elections, Joseph Colony, Lahore

Ahead of Saturday’s elections, the BBC reports on an unlikely development in Pakistan.

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