Pakistan stays on America’s religious watch list

The United States has retained Pakistan on a list of countries that tolerate religious discrimination. The determination made by the US State Department on Dec 18, includes Myanmar, China, Erit¬r¬¬ea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkm¬enistan. They have all been re-designated as “Countries of Particular Concern (CPC)”. The State Department makes the…

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Blasphemy victim’s house set on fire twice

Stephen Masih’s house has been set on fire twice in the recent month. The first incident occurred on 18th October, and the second on the 22nd. Luckily nobody was at home, so everybody is safe, but household goods have turned to ashes while the building is severely damaged. Family members who were already in hiding…

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Pakistani Christian avoids blasphemy charge

A Pakistani Christian sanitation worker was falsely accused of blasphemy. But after police intervened in the case of Amir Masih from Yousafabad, a small town near Faisalabad, the blasphemy charges against him were dropped. When collecting rubbish from local homes, Masih found a bag containing pages from the Bible and Quran. When Masih took the…

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