Pakistan

By BosNewsLife Correspondents Stefan J. Bos and Santosh Digal reporting from the region DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Police in India's Punjab state refuse toinvestigate the involvement of Hindu militants in the attempted murders of Christians, according to a report obtained by BosNewsLife Tuesday, March 2.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian man remained behind bars Saturday, February 27, after a Pakistani court sentenced him to life imprisonment for making "blasphemous" remarks about the Koran and Islam's prophet Mohammad.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian man continued serving a life sentence in Pakistan's Punjab province Tuesday, February 23, on what international rights activists said are "false allegations" of blasphemy.

By BosNewsLife Correspondents Jawad Mazhar and Xavier P. William LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians protested Monday, February 22, in Pakistan's Punjab province against the release on bail of the alleged murderer of a 12-year-old Christian domestic servant, whose casehas come to symbolize mounting tensions between Muslims and Christians here.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian father in Pakistan's Punjab province was without his home Monday, February 15, as his house was burned down by angry Muslims who killed his son in 2008, rights activists said.

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Twin bombings apparently targeting Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi also killed at least five members of a Christian family, including a pregnant woman, BosNewsLife established Wednesday, February 10.

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 BosNewsLife Asia Service LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A court hearing was underway Friday, January 29, in Pakistan against the main suspect in the murder of a 12-year-old Christian domestic servant, her family's representatives said.

By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from the Philippines MANILA, PHILIPPINES (BosNewsLife)-- Influential Catholic bishops have urged Filipinos to vote in upcoming May elections with their conscience and not be "swayed" by opinion polls, after the worst act of political violence in the Asian nation's history killed dozens of people.

By BosNewsLife Americas Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (BosNewsLife)-- Amid destroyed churches and the stench of human death, native Christians prayed for Haiti Sunday, January 24, and one believer said it was a miracle he had been found alive a full 11 days after the magnitude 7.0 earth quake shook his nation.