Lahore: September 9, 2014. (PCP) Today Asia Bibi (blasphemy victim) case hearing was fixed in the DB (Division Bench) of Mr. Justice Anwar Ul Haq and Mr. Justice Shahbaz Ali Rizvi.
The defense lawyer Mr. S K Chaudhry along with CLAAS Legal team including Tahir Bashir Advocate, Nasir Anjum Advocate

LAHORE: September 9, 2014. (PCP) Today the appeal case of Asia Bibi adjourned for October 16, 2014. The Court has given last chance to lawyers of the both side for final arguments.
Advocate Sardar Mushtaq Gill, Human Rights Defender and Chief of LEAD ,who has recently pledged to do all he can to

LAHORE: September 7, 2014. (LEAD) Advocate Sardar Mushtaq Gill, Human Rights Defender and Chief of LEAD recently has pledged to do all he can to help free Asia Bibi. On June,24,2014 LEAD filed petition in Lahore High Court, Lahore for the re-fixation of earlier hearing of Asia Bibi's appeal case whi

Karachi: September 6, 2014. (PCP) The unidentified assailants opened fire on home of Mr. Aqil Sheraz, Chairman of Console Human Right International, a civil society entity defending rights of poor and downtrodden communities in Pakistan.
Mr. Aqil Sheraz was forced to flee from Pakistan and took ref

Faisalabad: September 6, 2014. (PCP) On September 04, 2014 at about 11:00 a m Mr. Joseph Francis MBE (National Director CLAAS) was informed through a phone call about a registered blasphemy case in the Police Station Murid Wala against 55 Christian residents of a small village Chak no. 206 of Tehcil

Karachi: September 5, 2014. (PCP) It is heart breaking story of one Christian Anwar Masih Bhatti and his family. Anwar Bhatti is son of Late Barkat Masih and name of his mother is Loviza Barket who six siblings named Rubina Bhatti, Nasir Bhatti, Asher Bhatti, Sunita Bhatti, and Yasir bhatti.
This n

LAHORE: September 3, 2014. (PCP) Recently this year, the report spread in media that around 1,000 Christian and Hindu women in Pakistan are forcibly converted to Islam and married Muslim men every year.
On September 1, 2014, two cases came in the eye of Advocate Sardar Mushtaq Gill, a Human Rights

Samandri, Faisalabad; September 3, 2014. (PCP) According to sources of CLAAS a Christian have been booked under blasphemy charges who is residents of Chack no. 206, Samandri District Faisalabad who informed about a registered case FIR 316/14 under section 295-C, 506-B, 447, 148, 147 in the police st

Lahore: August 27, 2014. (Pervez Yousaf) Council for Interfaith Dialogue Pakistan (CFID) organized an interfaith women’s prayer service for the deceased of Christians in Iraq and Muslims in Gaza. This prayer service was headed by the coordinator of the council Fr. Francis Nadeem. Sr. Mary Nilathi,

Hyderabad: August 20, 2014. (By Abbas Kassar) South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAP-PK) conducted seminar on contribution of Political parties and religious leaders on Right of Expression, Association, Assembly and Thoughts REAT on 20 August 2014 at Regent Plaza Hotel Karachi Sindh Pakistan. The Main

Fermo, Italia: August 18, 2014. (PCP) A conference was held on August 13, 2014 at the office of the Democratic Party of Fermo which was organized by human right activist Adan Farhaj, PMRO (Pakistan Minorities Rights Organization) UK, with the collaboration of Democratic Party of Fermo and the Sikh C

Lahore: August 16, 2014. (Fr.Inayat Bernard) “We are disturbed by the forceful conversion and hunge migration of the Iraqi Christians and demand from the world community to put their foot down to ensure the security of the Iraqi Christians”. The interdenominational gathering in front of the Lahore P

Glasgow: August 16, 2014. (PCP) Global Minorities Alliance, has vehemently condemned the recent spate of persecution by the Islamic state, a puritanical group of Islamic Sunnis which has been advancing in Northern Iraq in the past 2 months scapegoating innocent men, children and women from various m

Faisalabad: August 14, 2014. (PCP) Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) in collaboration with Global Human Rights Defense (GHRD and Coalition for Rights of Minorities (CRM) observed National Minority Day in the form of Consultation meeting and Demonstration on 11th August. HRFP’s observation of Natio

Pakistan: August 14, 2014. (By Marina D’Costa and Ashiknaz Khokhar) The Youth of Don Bosco Youth Services, Matunga and the Youth of Sacred Heart Parish, Sahiwal had a skype meet on 10th August 2014. There were 12 youth and 1 priest from Pakistan and 6 youth and 2 priests from India. The meeting beg