Karachi: A Christian nurse was reportedly tied up and tortured by a mob at a Pakistani hospital after a Muslim colleague falsely accused her of blasphemy. Tabitha Nazir Gill, 30, was attacked and beaten by staff at the Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in Karachi where she has worked for nine years,Continue Reading
Vatican, Nov 30: Servant of God Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic politician from Pakistan who was killed in 2011, is a witness of how to act with love in the face of hatred, Pope Francis said Friday. Speaking to a Pakistani association named for Bhatti, the pope said Nov 30, “mayContinue Reading
Sindh: A Pakistani Christian sewerage cleaner has died after three doctors refused to treat him until his sludge-covered body had been washed.The physicians said their Ramadan fast would be invalid (“makruh”) because he was “unclean” and belonged to a low caste. The word for low caste, “chuhra”, especially derogatory, isContinue Reading
Lahore: After spending more than three years in jail, a Christian accused of blasphemy, and facing the death penalty, was granted bail by the Supreme Court in Lahore on 1 Feb. Adnan Prince has been imprisoned in Lahore’s district jail since November 2013 after he was accused by a workContinue Reading