Christians In Pakistan

Imran Khan's 'Naya Pakistan' promise rings hollow with continued violence against minorities

'We will show the (Narendra) Modi government how to treat minorities,' Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan had vowed in December last year, reiterating his catchphrase, 'this is Naya Pakistan'.

Resolution introduced in US Congress to grant asylum to Asia Bibi, who was prosecuted 'for being Christian' in Pakistan

Introducing the asylum resolution in the US House of Representatives, Congressman Ken Calvert said that Asia Bibi has been persecuted, jailed and threatened for doing nothing more than being a Christian in Pakistan.

Quetta blast: Nine killed, 44 injured as Islamic State suicide bomber attacks church in Pakistan

Two suicide bombers attacked a packed church during a Sunday service in the restive Pakistani city of Quetta, killing eight people and injuring 44 others in a targeted assault on the minority Christian community ahead of Christmas in the Muslim nation.

Arrests in Pakistan after Christian couple lynched, burned by mob

Blasphemy is a serious offense in conservative Muslim Pakistan where those accused are sometimes lynched on the spot.

Amnesty tells Pak to protect minorities after gruesome killing of Christian couple

The Christian couple was thrashed and burnt alive by a group of angry Muslims in Pakistan's Punjab province on Tuesday for allegedly desecrating the Quran.

Pakistan's shame: Muslim mob tortures Christian couple, burn them alive in brick kiln

Police in Pakistan say a Muslim mob has beaten to death a Christian couple and burned their bodies in a brick kiln where they worked over them allegedly desecrating the Quran.