Pakistan Woman Abducted; ‘Blasphemy’ Pastor Denied Bail

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By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-– A Christian young woman who was forced to marry a Muslim man remained abducted in southern Pakistan Monday, November 5, while a pastor was told he would remain behind bars on charges of "blasphemy" in the latest incidents that have shaken the Islamic nation's Christian minority, trials observers said.

BosNewsLife’s Week in Review: Worship Amid Deadly Blasts, Closing Churches, Saying Farewell (Oct.27-Nov.3)

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By BosNewsLife News Center BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- BosNewsLife's October 27-November 3 newsweek was marked by reports of deadly attacks against Christians, church closures, detentions, a violent storm and saying farewell to one of the news agency's own giants.

BREAKING NEWS: Muslim Clerk Vows To Protect ‘Pakistan’s Blasphemy Girl’; Case Adjourned

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- One of Pakistan's most senior Muslim clerics vowed Monday, September 3, to protect a 14-year-old, mentally impaired, Pakistani Christian girl who he suggested may have been falsely accused of blasphemy against Islam.

Pakistan Evangelist Set On Fire, Christians Say

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani evangelist and pastor was still recovering Thursday, December 16, after he was set on fire by hard-line Muslims in Pakistan's Punjab province, Christians and rights activists said.

Pakistan Releases Elderly Christians From Prison

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Asia Service islam_symbol_swordLAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two elderly Christian men could worship in freedom Sunday, April 19, after more than two years in a Pakistani jail on charges of blasphemy.

Armed Christians Defending Pakistan Churches

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service christiansLAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian men have formed a security team to defend churches in Pakistan after several terror attacks killed at least some 100 Christian worshipers within two years.

Pakistan Christian Entrepreneur Dies After Bank Raid

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By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan 10614789-kresania-v-pakistaneTOBA TEK SINGH, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Police have arrested a local manager of Pakistan's Khushali Bank Limited (KBL) in Punjab province for allegedly using force to recover a bank loan from a Christian entrepreneur, who later died of a heart attack, leaving behind a wife and three children, government officials said Wednesday, April 14.