WASHINGTON, DC: November 2, 2018. (PCP) The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the decision by Pakistan's Supreme Court to overturn the death sentence handed down in 2010 against Asia Bibi, a Roman Catholic mother of five. Following a 2009 accusation of bla

London: November 2, 2018. (PCP)The hardliners' protests following the supreme court's verdict to acquit Asia Bibi continue.
Many roads of all major cities are closed and barricaded, and police and rangers are patrolling to monitor and control the situation.
According to reports all government sch

Lahore: November 2, 2018. (PCP) The Islamists in Pakistan with violence force establishment to enter name of Asia Bibi in ECL and to not file any objection to a Review Petition against judgment of Pakistan Supreme Court decision to release blasphemy accused Christian woman sentenced to death by lowe

Lahore: October 31, 2018. (PCP) On October 31, 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has announced to declare the verdict of Assia Bibi, the Christian women who is in jail on the charges of blasphemy since 2010 and had appealed at the Supreme Court against her death sentence by the High Court.
In Res

SANTA ANA, Calif: October 31, 2018. (PCP) David Curry, CEO of Open Doors USA, an organization that has supported persecuted Christian minorities for more than 60 years, responds to news that Asia Bibi has been found innocent:
"We are breathing a sigh of relief today after learning the Pakistani Su

London: October 31, 2018. (PCP) Asia Bibi is free! Chief Justice Saqib Nasir has given the order to release her as soon as possible and she has been found not guilty of all charges of blasphemy. The Chief Justice is reported to have said:
"Her conviction is set aside and she is to be relieved fort

Pakistan: October 31, 2018. (PCP) Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) highly value's the triumph of justice on acquitting Asia Bibi, was falsely alleged under blasphemy charges (295 C). The efforts of Civil Society Organizations and of assassinated Shahbaz Bhatti (federal minority minister) and Salma

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: October 31, 2018. (BosNewsLife) Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row for "blasphemy" against Islam, has been acquitted but concerns remain about her safety, several officials told BosNewsLife.
"Finally, it has happened. Asia Bibi's release

London: October 24, 2018. (PCP) A 13-year-old Pakistani Christian boy was sent out of his classroom for turning off a tap that had been left running.
On 16 October the fourth-grade student, Sharjeel, was expelled from his class because it was believed that by touching the tap he had tainted the wa

JOS, Nigeria: October 22, 2018. (Morning Star News) Muslims attacked a market in Kaduna state, in north-central Nigeria, on Thursday (Oct. 18), killing dozens of Christians and burning a church building, sources said.
Area residents said a Muslim at the market in Kasuwan Magani, 36 kilometers (22 m

Bangkok: October 22, 2018. (PCP) In the wake of arrests and threats of deportation of the large Pak-Christian asylum seekers community in Thailand. Our local BPCA officer has been working hard to locate those who have escaped the immigration bureau. We have discovered many hidden asylum-seekers and

New Delhi: October 22, 2018. (PCP) President of Poor Christian Liberation Movement (PCLM) R L Francis has demanded an inquiry into the mysterious death of Father Kuriakose Kattuthara, a key witness in the rape case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal. Father Kuriakose was found dead in Punjab's Jalandhar

Faisalabad: October 19, 2018. (PCP) Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) is providing Legal Aid and other possible assistance to Ibad Masih (Abbad Masih) and other victims of attacked Catholic Church riots in Chak No. 165 G.B Harsan Kot, Samundri (district Faisalabad) occurred in July 2018. HRFP is as

Islamabad: October 15, 2018. (PCP) Militant Islamists are demanding the hanging of Asia Bibi and their rioting is bring the country to a standstill. Many cities have been targeted with large numbers of rioters in the thousands smashing public buildings and openly inciting the murder of any judges or

Islamabad: October 15, 2018. (PCP) Rev. Daniel Gulzar, Pastor at Christ Church Michael Korangi, Karachi Diocese Church of Pakistan and Allomia ul Raj praises the Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding his suo moto action on use of drugs in private and government educational institutions.