Pakistan

Over the weekend, a Christian in Pakistan was arrested and could now face life in prison for allegedly stuffing pages from a Quran down a drain.

A 14-year-old Christian girl asserted that a Muslim man, who recently regained custody of her in court, had kidnapped and threatened to kill her and her family unless she gave court statements that she had married him and converted to Islam of her own free will. The case is being reviewed.

A church pastor in Pakistan has been jailed since May on false accusations of extortion levied by land-grabbers whom he stood up to.

A court in Pakistan recently decided to return a 14-year-old Christian girl to the costody of a Muslim man who allegedly kidnapped her, forced her to convert to Islam and marry him.

A three to four ton marble cross was recently discovered in the mountains of Pakistan. The cross is believed to be at least 1,200 years old.

A Pakistani Governor has asked all Universities to require all Students, including Christians, to study the Quran. No alternative course would be offered.

When a Christian sanitation worker was killed after a reportedly intoxicated police officer struck him last week, despite being legally eligible to receive more than $20,000, the family was only compensated with the equivalent of US$620.

While preparing for a Good Friday sermon earlier this month, Presbyterian assistant pastor Sarfaraz Raja was informed that police had intruded into his home and were harassing his family.

A young Christian man was reportedly chained and tortured by a Muslim landowner on earlier this week after the landowner accused the boy of “polluting” his tube-well water by rinsing in it.

A court in Pakistan has validated the forced conversion and marriage of a 14-year-old girl.