Tag: Pakistan
Dominican priest helps COVID-19-affected families in Pakistan
Pakistan ranks eighth on the Global Slavery Index with an estimated 3.2 million people living in modern slavery and labor exploitation
Pakistan’s Catholic Church starts beatification process of guard who stopped suicide...
Akash Bashir died a martyr at the age of 20 on March 15, 2015, when he prevented a suicide bomber from entering a church
Christians in Pakistan prevent desecration of cemetery
A Muslim trader tried to build a road to his property that would cut across the Christian cemetery
Start ups bringing Pakistan’s farming into digital age
Agriculture entrepreneurs are bringing the digital age to Pakistan's farmers, helping them plan crops better and distribute their produce
Volunteer security guard becomes Pakistan’s first candidate for sainthood
Akash died while trying to prevent a suicide bomber from entering a church where about a thousand people were attending a Sunday celebration
Anglican pastor shot dead in Pakistan on way home from church
Two gunmen on motorcycles ambushed a car in which three Christian clergymen were driving home after a Sunday service on Jan. 30 in Peshawar
Catholic church in Pakistan desecrated, says report
Churches across Pakistan have stepped up security since last year in response to threats of attacks
Pakistani woman sentenced to death for ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp status
Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, and laws prohibiting it can carry a potential death sentence
Christian accused of blasphemy in Pakistan sentenced to death by hanging
The life sentence that Zafar Bhatti, 52, has been serving in northeast Pakistan has been changed to death by hanging on January 3
Pakistan’s top court grants bail to Christian facing blasphemy charge
The charity Open Doors ranks Pakistan as the fifth-worst country in the world to be a Christian
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