Pakistan

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistani authorities have detained a Christian young man on charges of blasphemy against Islam, but activists remained hopeful Tuesday, May 22, that he would be released on bail.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- There was uncertainty Monday, September 16, about the whereabouts of dozens of Christian families who fled their homes in a village near the Pakistani city of Lahore after a local pastor was accused of blasphemy against Islam's Prophet Muhammad, representatives said.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- European legislators have visited Pakistan amid concerns that Christian Asia Bibi, a married mother of five, may become the first woman to be executed by the State on controversial charges of 'blasphemy against Islam.'

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An advocacy group is urging authorities to seriously investigate the gang rape by Muslims of a Christian married deaf-mute woman, after two suspects were acquitted in a similar case.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An influential Christian party in Pakistan has demanded the immediate arrest of five Muslim men who it said "gang-raped and murdered" a 12-year-old Christian girl, at a time of mounting religious tensions in this heavily Islamic nation.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent B BosNewsLife LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Angry Muslims burned to death a married Christian couple in an industrial kiln in Pakistan, Tuesday, November 4, for allegedly setting fire to several verses of the Koran, a human rights official told BosNewsLife.

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan MIANWALI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A talented Christian student has been denied admission to Science studies at a girls high school in Pakistan because the Muslim school principal regards her as "too ugly" to participate, her father said Wednesday, June 17.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two Christians were recovering Saturday, September 18, after a church in northwestern Pakistan was bombed by suspected Muslim militants, Christians and officials said.

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan CHAKWAL, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Protestant Christians in Pakistan's Punjab province were searching for a place of worship Wednesday, February 3, after angry Muslims apparently attacked their partly constructed church, injuring scores of worshippers.

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan GOJRA, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians across Pakistan closed their schools Monday, August 3, to mourn the killings of at least eight fellow believers by angry Muslims in troubled Punjab province, as the Vatican condemned what was the second incident of violence against Christians in a week.