Rimsha Masih's Unending Nightmare

Pakistan Christian Younis Masih, who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy, has been released on appeal. The father-of-four had been in jail since November 2005. He was set free after a successful appeal to the High Court in Lahore yesterday (3 ...

With the Sharifs now in power, much is being said and written about the main issues PML-N needs to address after taking over the reins. Militancy, a failing economy and the energy crisis remain on top of the agenda, followed by issues like ...

The US State Department released Monday its 2012 International Religious Freedom Report, which notes that religious freedom is declining in many parts of the world. Speaking at its presentation, Secretary of State John Kerry said the report, shines ...

At first glance, the sight of flags with black and white stripes fluttering atop several Christian homes in the run-down Joseph Colony neighbourhood of Lahore seems highly incongruous. The flags are those of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), ...

, a mob of more than 3,000 people rampaged through a Christian community located in Lahore, Pakistan. Angry Muslim protesters torched the community in response to a man named Sawan Masih allegedly blaspheming the Prophet Mohammed. During the ...

) Oh brothers, pray. In spite of Satan — pray. Spend hours in prayer. Rather neglect friends than not pray. Rather fast, and lose breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper — and sleep too — than not pray. And we must not talk about prayer, we must ...

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has recommended that the first trial in a blasphemy charge should be heard at a high court and that no case should be registered without investigation by a senior police officer and endorsement by a ...

Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - False accusations of blasphemy should be punished with death penalty: is the conclusion reached by the Senate Standing Committee on National Harmony. As reported to Fides Agency, in a meeting held in recent days, after ...

CHRISTIAN Aid has cautioned against making an increase in UK aid to Pakistan dependent on reforms to the country's tax system. The idea was suggested in a report by MPs, published last week. The International Development Select Committee published a ...