London: February 1, 2019. (PCP) In the wake of the landmark Asia Bibi case, the poignant and tragic case of a Pakistani Christian woman who was recently exonerated after ten years incarcerated on erroneous blasphemy charges, a report into global Christian persecution has been commissioned. UK For

Tehran: January 31, 2019. Iranian Christians request prayer following the arrests of five female converts from Islam to Christianity. These include Ruhsari Kamberi, a 65-year old  who was arrested and detained in Karaj, and forced to endure ten days of intensive interrogation.

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Islamabad: January 31, 2019. (PCP) The leaders of Pakistani Christian community have highly appreciated decision by Supreme Court of Pakistan decision to free Asia Bibi. The decision on review petition filed by one Muslim extremist group was announced on January 29, 2019, by a Bench of Supreme Co

Islamabad: January 29, 2019. (PCP) The review petition against the acquittal of Asia Bibi has been dismissed on merit by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on January 29, 2019.

There is nothing new in the petition which was filed by Qari-Ul-Islam (the petitioner) in the supreme court of Paki

MANILA, PHILIPPINES: January 28, 2019.  (BosNewsLife) Two bomb blasts shook a Catholic cathedral in the troubled southern Philippines where Islamic militants are active, killing at least 20 people and wounding some 80 others, police officials said.

The first explosion went off insi

PHILIPPINES: January 28, 2019. (PCP) Two incendiary devices which exploded at a Roman Catholic cathedral in southern Philippines on Sunday on 27th January 2019, have killed 20 people and injured dozens more.

Hours after the attack Islamic State (IS) confirmed they were responsible for t

Islamabad: January 26, 2019. (PCP) The Supreme Court of Pakistan have fixed January 29, 2019, to hear Review Petition on Asia Bibi case filed by one Muslim extremist group called TLP who opposed release of Asia Bibi from Multan Jail.

According to records available on review petitions, t

Lahore: January 22, 2019. (PCP) Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) appealed to Supreme Court of Pakistan for suo-motu action on torture issue of Saima Niaz aged 20 and her cousin Saneha (Salma) Mushtaq aged 11, both Christian domestic workers detained by employers and brutally tortured by police

Kasur: January 19, 2019. (The Voice Society) Advocate Aneeqa Maria chief of The Voice Society who was pleading case of Pervaiz Masih releases facts about his freedom from blasphemy charges here today by this statement.

Pervaiz Masih resident of Garhewala District Kasur was held accused

Lahore: January 19, 2019. (PCP) A Christian man who has had to relocate his home and spent 3.5 years fearing a long tme in prison for a blasphemy charge has been acquitted by Session Court Judge Ijaz Ahmed Basol (15th January 2019), presiding over the case at Kasur Session Court.

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London: January 15, 2019. (PCP) Pakistani churches that fail to make their own security arrangements risk being closed down.

At the start of January, the Home department of the government of the Punjab province asked churches to make security arrangements as per the government standards

London: January 14, 2019. (PCP) Canada's swift action to snap up asylum-seeker Rahaf Al-Qunun and to fly her true north as Australia contemplates is sure to annoy Saudis - Social media and high visibility played a significant role but other asylum-seekers have not been so lucky.

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London: January 11, 2019. (PCP) Christian cousins Saima and Salma of Chak Jhumra, Faisalabad (Pakistan), and Saima’s mother Kausar Rehana have been illegally detained for thirteen days in Jhumra police station and tortured by the male policemen. 

 Saima had been working

Hyderabad, Pakistan: January 11, 2019.  (By Fr. Ashfaque George) St. Francis Solanus Church, Nawabshah Parish-Hyderabad Diocese under the leadership of Rev. Fr. James Castellino, Fr. Ishfaque George has started weekly Catechism Classes in the parish church since October, 2018. 08 Teachers an

London: January 11, 2019. (PCP) A Saudi woman who declared her atheism has been allowed to stay in Thailand while her asylum claim is processed by the UNHCR. In a video she shared on social media she was concerned about her passport having been taken away by Saudi officials in Thailand, after acc