Preventive and protective measures were non-existent or inadequate, and action was taken to investigate such killings only following domestic and international pressure.

In October, two men entered the office of the Christian organization Commission for Justice and Peace in Karachi. They bound a

It reveals that there are 95,204 carpet weaving household in the province and 107,065 children weavers aged between five and 14. Of them, the number of girls is 62,904 and boys 44,161 (a ratio of 54:41). In the central Punjab, this ratio goes up to 67:733, the survey adds.

The highest concentrati

The bill was approved by the assembly of North West Frontier Province, which became the only Pakistani province to take such a step on sharia.

The assembly is dominated by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), a six-party Islamic alliance accused by rights groups of trying to emulate Afghanistan's f

Deewan Hiro Mal and Deewan Aaroo Mal.More led the hunger strike than 100 men and women belonging to Hindu community joined hunger strike. The leader of Hindu Tanzeem told newsmen that Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister has spread terrorism among Hindus by occupying their Massan (graveyard) and Mandir.

The attack took place two weeks ago at St Monica's church in the large informal settlement of Bhittaibad. The identity of the attackers could not be ascertained, nor could their motive. But the attack has left the Christian community of Bhittaiabad in shock.

The archdiocese of Karachi held a spec

The bill was introduced in the assembly with slight modification, keeping in view the powers of the NWFP government, as the Shariat Act of 1991 was meant for the entire country and the proposed bill, if passed by the assembly, would be applicable only to the province.

Instead of the words "Pakis

Such steps of Mutahida Majlas-e-Aamal aimed at introducing Taliban like Shariah. A central leader of National Awami Party and a lawyer, Latif Afridi while expressing concern over the new law said that the ruling six religious parties alliance in the province should not destroy the region like the Ta

The girl from Faisal Town in Lahore claims that when she cried for mercy, they would ask her to call for the Americans to help her, according to a report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).

The girl said the couple told her they were taking revenge for the American bombing of Iraqi Muslim

They stood in the girls' path, making humiliating remarks and attempting to pull off their scarves. Once the prayer meeting had begun, the Muslims broke up the meeting, carrying weapons into the church compound and yelling. When Mughal Masih stepped outside to reason with the men, some of the Muslim

The Ahmadis (as people of the Ahmadiyya sect are called) have been targets of persecution and sectarian violence in Pakistan for a long time. In 1974, the Constitution of Pakistan was amended, decreeing the Ahmadis as non-Muslims in the eyes of the law. This opened the door for the official persecut

Britain's Daily Telegraph reports the deaths of Sabah Gazala and Abdul Ahed who were shot and killed by two Islamic gunmen within ten minutes in separate incidents in Basra on 8 May. Like a number of Christians in the city and in other parts of Iraq they were involved in the sale of alcohol, jobs f

The 60-year-old man was decapitated by an unidentified assailant, armed with a large bush knife, a church worker said by phone Monday.
Lance Gersbach worked as business manager for an 80-bed hospital run by the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Malaita, one of the larger islands in the Solomons archi

"As a result of these two laws, thousands of people are arbitrarily detained every year and many are tortured in the process. It is high time for the current government to take action."

The Special Powers Act allows arbitrary detention for long periods of time without charge. It circumve

He said the bomb, which was timed to go off around 8:00 am on Tuesday was detected by a hotel worker at around 5:00 am. Had it exploded it would have caused heavy losses in the city,s most congested area, Khan told AFP by telephone.It was recovered almost two hours after a small home-made device exp