Last year, 2014, was very difficult for the Christians in Pakistan ending on December 29 with the burning of independent church Living Branch in Mazharabad, Rawalpindi. Mazharabad is small town where the majority of the population is Muslim, while 300 to 400 families are Christian. There are two independent Churches in this small town, Living…
Shama and Shahzad’s case is being heard by the supreme court’s three judges bench head by the Chief justice of Pakistan Nasirul Mulk who took the suo moto notice over their killing after alleged allegation of desecrating the Holy Quran in November. The Supreme Court has summoned senior police officers, Inspector General Punjab Mushtaq Ahmed…
At Christmas CLAAS visited Shama and Shahzad’s Children. It was their first Christmas without their parents and I am not sure if they are fully aware that what happened to their parents to make them orphans is the result of the country’s notorious blasphemy law and hatred against Christians. The government has compensated them with…
Catholic Christian Noreen Bashir, 14, who was kidnapped and forced to embrace Islam was returned to her parents and provided with free legal aid and shelter by CLAAS. Her parish priest Rev. Fr. Mushtaq Piyara contacted CLAAS for help and support after she was abducted by 35-year-old Muslim Aftab Sarfraz aged 35, converted to Islam…
