Tag: Christians in Pakistan

Religious minorities continue to live in fear in Pakistan where the majority of those forcibly converted are low-caste Hindus and Christians

In prison since 2011, the brothers were first arrested for allegedly publishing blasphemous materials on the internet

A Catholic priest described the situation as “very embarrassing," adding that political leaders “focus only on their own good"

In Pakistan, 80 percent of sanitation workers are Christians whereas they are only 1.5 percent of the 220 million population

A human rights commission of Pakistan report estimated that 1,000 Christian and Hindu women are abducted and forcibly married every year

A Muslim trader tried to build a road to his property that would cut across the Christian cemetery

The life sentence that Zafar Bhatti, 52, has been serving in northeast Pakistan has been changed to death by hanging on January 3

The charity Open Doors ranks Pakistan as the fifth-worst country in the world to be a Christian

The prelate said Catholics, through their actions, should unite and continue on the path of peace in their families and communities

An estimated 1,000 women and girls from Pakistan’s Hindu and Christian community are forcibly converted to Islam every year