Tag: Pakistan

Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, and laws prohibiting it can carry a potential death sentence

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

The project aims to help the former prisoners "earn some money and support their families"

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

“Today Pakistan is isolated due to Islamization and the lack of respect for human rights"

Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where even unproven allegations can stir mobs and violence

Christians in Pakistan are “the poorest of the poor,” a bishop said, and many do not see any hope for their future

There are an estimated 20,000 Sikhs left in Pakistan after millions fled to India following the religious violence ignited by partition