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An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has convicted and sentenced 88 people for murdering a Sri Lankan national for allegedly committing blasphemy. This is a far different result than many of the cases where a Christian accused of blasphemy has been killed or attacked by a violent mob. Could Pakistan...
The Gogera police registered a case against a man and his two sons for kidnapping a married woman and taking away cash and valuables from her house at village Jithiana in Okara. — AP/File OKARA: The Gogera police registered a case against a man and his two sons for kidnapping a married woman and taking away cash and valuables from her house at village Jithiana. According to the first information report (FIR) registered by one Shahadat, his village man Choghatta along with sons Ashraf and Arshad had a dinner in his house. Everybody ate sweets and had drinks brought by the guests. After som...
BIGSTOCK District Headquarters Hospital Faisalabad is a 570-bed hospital in the second-largest city in the Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province. Like all hospitals in Pakistan, it is under pressure from the Covid-19 pandemic, but it has excellent facilities and trained staff. Its modern appearance made it all the more surprising that two Christian nurses have been accused of blasphemy against the Qu’ran by their colleagues, found guilty by a hospital tribunal, beaten, fired from their jobs, charged with violating section 295-B of the Pakistan Penal Code and jailed. In Pakistan, there...
Article continues below advertisement ↴ A Christian man in Pakistan is now in hiding with his family after being acquitted of blasphemy charges, for which he had already served over 10 years of a life sentence. International Christian Concern (ICC) reports that the Lahore High Court acquitted Imran Ghafur Masih on Monday. The family has gone into hiding due to potential threats from extremists. The development was a surprise for Imran’s family. “It is a day of resurrection for us,” Naveed Masih, Imran’s brother, tells ICC. “God has heard our cry and we are very thankful to him. ...
Another Christian acquitted of blasphemy -- a hopeful trend Thursday, December 17, 2020 | Charlie Butts (OneNewsNow.com) Spanish A Christian who had been convicted and imprisoned on blasphemy charges more than a decade ago has been released by a Pakistan court – but it's probably too soon to tell if the country is experiencing a change of heart in similar cases. At the present time, there are 24 known cases of Christians imprisoned in Pakistan on blasphemy charges – charges that are typically false. But it's one less now because, as William Stark of International Christian Conc...