NEWS ALERT: Pakistan Extremists Kill Christians Outside Church
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians on Wednesday, March 23, were mourning the death of two believers who were shot and killed by suspected Muslim extremists outside a church in Pakistan's city of Hyderabad.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians on Wednesday, March 23, were mourning the death of two believers who were shot and killed by suspected Muslim extremists outside a church in Pakistan's city of Hyderabad. BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan Christian Found Dead In Prison (UPDATE)
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ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian man sentenced to life imprisonment for blasphemy against Islam's Prophet Mohammed has been found dead in his prison cell in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi after receiving death threats, his family and lawyer confirmed Wednesday, March 16.
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian man sentenced to life imprisonment for blasphemy against Islam's Prophet Mohammed has been found dead in his prison cell in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi after receiving death threats, his family and lawyer confirmed Wednesday, March 16.Pakistan Police Rescue Kidnapped, Raped, Christian Mother
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian mother of seven who last August was kidnapped, raped, sold into marriage and threatened with death in Pakistan's Punjab province was free Sunday, March 13, after police rescued her, right activists and Christians said.Pakistan Bombing Kills 25 Near Home Of Murdered Minister
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Some 25 people were killed and over 100 others wounded in a car bombing in Pakistan's Punjab province near the home of Christian government minister Shabaz Bhatti, who was assassinated last week, police officials said Tuesday, March 8.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Some 25 people were killed and over 100 others wounded in a car bombing in Pakistan's Punjab province near the home of Christian government minister Shabaz Bhatti, who was assassinated last week, police officials said Tuesday, March 8. BREAKING NEWS: Thousands Attend Funeral Of Murdered Pakistan Minister Bhatti
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians warned Friday, March 4, that Pakistan should stand up against religious extremism at an emotionally charged funeral for the country's Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti, who was assassinated after publicly opposing controversial blasphemy legislation.
BREAKING NEWS: Christians Mourn Assassinated Pakistan Minister Bhatti; Muslim Militants Suspected
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with reporting from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistani Christians and leading rights groups mourned Pakistan's Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti, who was shot and killed Wednesday, March 2, by suspected Muslim militants after publicly criticizing controversial blasphemy legislation.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistani Christians and leading rights groups mourned Pakistan's Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti, who was shot and killed Wednesday, March 2, by suspected Muslim militants after publicly criticizing controversial blasphemy legislation. URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan’s Christian Minister Bhatti Assassinated (WRAP)
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Gumen have shot and killed Pakistan's Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian, who publicly challenged the country's controversial blasphemy laws and demanded more rights for minority Christians in the mainly Islamic nation.Pakistan Muslim Employer “Kills” Christian Worker Over Sickness
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Police in Pakistan have filed murder charges against a Muslim employer who allegedly killed his Christian worker for staying at home one day because he was ill, BosNewsLife monitored Friday, February 18.Militants Kill Christian Teenagers For Reading Bible, Missionary Says
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants have killed two Christian teenagers who were reading the Bible in the disputed Kashmir valley, divided between India and Muslim Pakistan, BosNewsLife established Tuesday, February 8.
NEWS ALERT: Pakistan Not Changing Blasphemy Laws, Prime Minister Says
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani says his government will not change the country's controversial blasphemy laws, adding to concerns of a Christian mother of five sentenced to death for "insulting" Islam.
