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A senior Dominican in Pakistan has called for a United Nations investigation into the deaths of two Christians who were beaten by a mob of Muslims. Shama Bibi, who was four months pregnant, and her h...

Two years since a Christian couple were burnt to death in Pakistan, there still haven't been any convictions for their murders. Shama Masih, 24 and five months pregnant at the time, and her husband S...

It is understood police in Pakistan are investigating a shooting at a church in Lahore, as new photographs of the incident have emerged. Five shots were reportedly fired through the front door of St ...

The government of Pakistan is reportedly considering changes in the country's blasphemy laws, to guard against abuses and mob violence. According to Fides, the proposed changes would allow severe pun...

Pakistan's latest election results have left Christians in the country feeling afraid. Officials announced on Friday that the former cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party had...

A Christian man has been hanged in Pakistan, 23 years after being convicted of a double murder. Aftab Bahadur Masih's lawyer has said he was 15 at the time of sentencing, which would have meant he wa...

The Christian charities World Vision and Catholic Relief Services are among 18 organisations expelled from Pakistan. They had been accused of "deliberately spreading disinformation" and "non-complian...

An international Christian charity is worried that lawyers protecting Christian's rights in Pakistan are being deliberately targeted in attacks.  Anti-persecution charity Christian Solidarity Worldw...

The government in Pakistan has decided to leave strict blasphemy laws in the country unchanged.   Pakistan's government has agreed to seven out of ten demands made by Mumtaz Qadri supporters, who ha...

Pakistan's High Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal from mother-of-five Asia Bibi against her death sentence. At the High Court this morning, before the bench of Mr Justice Anwar Ul Haq and Mr Ju...

A Pakistani prosecutor who said he can "guarantee the acquittal" of 42 Christians charged with killing two men if they convert to Islam, has been suspended. Syeed Anees Shah will not be involved in a...

Forced conversions from one faith to another in a major Pakistan province have been banned. Sindh's provincial assembly voted to criminalise those who use force to make people change their religion.T...

Pakistani security forces were on high alert across the country on Monday, following a suicide attack on a church by the Islamic State group that killed nine pe The assault in Quetta, the capital of ...

The Pakistan Supreme Court has issued a suo moto notice over the killing of Christian couple Shama and Shahzad.  It means local government officials will have to produce a report within three days.T...

A debate over the misuse of Pakistan's blasphemy law is set to begin next week. The law, which carries a death penalty for insulting anything related to Islam and the prophet Muhammad, is often used ...

A Christian human rights advocate in Pakistan has said "there was not enough preparation" by the government for a heat wave which has killed more than 800 peopl Cecil Chowdry, the Executive Director ...

The Foreign minister for Pakistan has suggested during a visit to Brussels that persecution of Christians in the country has been exaggerated.  Just a few months after the release of Asia Bibi, a Ca...

The Prime Minister of Pakistan says a Christian woman cleared of blasphemy five months ago will be free to leave the country "very soon". Imran Khan, the former international cricketer, claimed a "co...

The Trump administration has accused Pakistan of severe violations of religious freedom in a further sign of deteriorating relations. The State Department has announced it is placing the South Asian ...

Pakistan's Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of Asia Bibi. The court decision means the Christian mother-of-five will be free to leave the country.The three-judge Supreme Court panel had "insis...