Karachi: Pakistan’s Christian transgender people, often mocked, abused and bullied, say they have found peace and solace in a church of their own. Shunned by other churches, they can raise their voices high here. During a recent service, transgender women, flowing scarves loose over their long hair, conducted Bible readingsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai, Nov. 1, 2018: The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) has lauded Pakistan’s Supreme Court for acquitting Asia Bibi, convicted and sentenced to death in 2010 on charges of committing blasphemy. The apex court overturned the death sentence on October 31 in a historic ruling.Continue Reading
Faisalabad: For the first time in the history of Pakistan, a Christian chapel has been opened in an Islamic university. This is the church of St. Mary, housed in the atrium of the Agriculture University of Faisalabad. It was inaugrated, on April 15th by Joseph Arshad, archbishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi and presidentContinue Reading
Several Islamic clerics and a few Christian leaders held a press conference at a police station in Lahore, Pakistan, this evening (20 February) to send a message to at least 800 families to have fled a Christian neighbourhood in the city, after a 20-year-old Christian man was accused of posting blasphemous contentContinue Reading
Lahore : Religious leaders and Christian activists are calling for action against a prosecutor who confessed to pushing Christian prisoners to give up their faith to embrace Islam. This comes after Pakistani media reported that Deputy District Public Prosecutor Syed Anees Shah told 42 Christian prisoners before an anti-terrorism courtContinue Reading
The couple’s son died in the attack by Pakistani Taliban group Jaamat-ul-Ahrar on Easter SundayContinue Reading
By: T S Thomas Negombo, Sri Lanka: Blasphemy law has brought great misery and suffering to Christians in Pakistan, the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences was told. “In Pakistan, the Christian community is a minority and often discriminated in different fields of life,” observed Bishop Benny Travas of Multan onContinue Reading
The National Commission for Justice and Peace has found that Pakistani school textbooks are full of material that incite hatred and intolerance against non-Muslims, including Christians, which it said was a “red flag” for the country. “This is not only about religious minorities but a national issue,” NCJP Executive DirectorContinue Reading
Human rights campaigner advocate Aneeqa Anthony carried the gift to the PontiffContinue Reading
