BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan to Execute Christian Mother For ‘Blasphemy’

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian mother of four to death for "insulting" Islam's Prophet Muhammad, BosNewsLife learned Wednesday, November 10. Asia Bibi, 45, is believed to be the first woman sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy law.

Pakistan Government Supports Mother Of Murdered Girl

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By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent Reporting from Pakistan
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan's Federal Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, handed over a nearly 6,000 dollar cheque to the mother of a murdered Christian domestic worker who became a symbol of ongoing mistreatment by Muslim employers of minority Christians in the Asian nation.

NEWS ALERT: Pakistan Muslim Militants Kill Christian Family, Attack Pastor

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed a Christian lawyer, his wife and their five children in northwestern Pakistan, just days after a pastor nearly died in a seperate attack linked to Muslim extremism, local Christians and rights activists said Friday, October 1.

Pakistan Church Attacked Amid Koran Burn Row

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pentecostal church in Pakistan's largest city Karachi was vandalized by Islamists still irate from a threat to burn Korans by an American pastor, Christians said Thursday, September 23.

Church Bombed in Pakistan, 2 Christians Wounded

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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.

BREAKING NEWS: Three U.S. Christian Workers Killed In Pakistan, source

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service reporting from Pakistan ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants have killed three American Christian aid workers who were helping victims of Pakistan's worst floods in recent memory, a well-informed source in the Pakistani military told BosNewsLife Saturday, August 28.

Muslims Kidnap Pakistan Christian House Maid

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By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan LAHORE PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- The parents of a Christian Pakistani girl were still searching for their daughter Thursday, August 26, nearly half a year after she was reportedly kidnapped, forced to marry a Muslim men, and pressured into embracing Islam.

NEWS ALERT: 200,000 Christians In Pakistan Impacted By Deadly Flooding

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with reporting from Pakistan
Christians in Kot Addu, Muzaffargarh, attempt to salvage belongings through the floodwaters. Via Barnabas FundISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Up to 200,000 Christians are among the millions impacted by deadly flooding in Pakistan BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, August 17, but the United Nations warned that only a fraction of flood victims have received any help.

Pakistan Cleric Pledges To Withdraw Blasphemy Case

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By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An impoverished Christian family in Pakistan faced uncertainty Thursday, August 12, after a Muslim cleric pledged to withdraw a case of blasphemy against them, officials familiar with the procedures said.

Pakistan Judge Drops Blasphemy Charges; Frees Christian Mother, Infant Son

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani court has acquitted a Christian woman who spent nearly six months in prison with her infant son in the country's Punjab province on "a false charge of blasphemy", her defense team told BosNewsLife.