Islamabad: August 19, 2013. (LEAD) A Pakistani court on Saturday acquitted prime suspect Khalid Chishti of all charges as six out of eight eyewitnesses retracted from their statements in a blasphemy case accusing a mentally-challenged Christian teenage girl.
The girl, Rimsha Masih, was arrested in

KASUR: August 15, 2013. (PCP) There was happened a new case of blasphemy in Phool Nagar (old name Bhai Pheru), the issue of blasphemy resolved just on this point that the accused is minor boy and he is Muslim.
Yesterday Advocate Sardar Mushtaq Gill was told on phone that in Phool Nagar the situatio

Gujranwala: August 15, 2013. (Fr. Inayat Bernard) “It is encouraging thing to keep making efforts to maintain unity among the churches”. Professor Dr. Arthur James was talking to some 80 participants gathered at the Presbyterian church in Gujranwala city for the first ever inter-denominational peace

New York: August 15, 2013. (PCP) A powerful protest demonstration was successfully organized on August 14th by Indian American Intellectuals Forum (IAIF) in cooperation with Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America, Hindu Human Rights Watch, Justice for Hindus, India Heritage Foundation, Lansing, Michigan;

Toronto, Canada: August 15, 2013. (PCP) Tanveer Joseph, vice chairman (community affairs) welcomed the distinguished guests and while explaining the details of the event, he laid emphasis that Minority’s Day is the day which is based upon the historic speech of Quaid-e-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who

Lahore: August 13, 2013. (Fr. Inayat Bernard) “Such events help us to come close to each other”. Bishop Sebastian Francis Shaw OFM; Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Lahore and the member of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue and Ecumenism was talking to some 60 Muslim a

Lahore: August 13, 2013. (PCP) Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) in collaboration with Global Human Rights Defense (GHRD), PCNP and CLAAS observed National Minority Day as Black Day in the form of Demonstration on 11th August, 2013 in the front of Press Club, Lahore. HRFP’s observation of National

Lahore: August 13, 2013. (PCP) On August 11, 2013 Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) and Pakistan Christian National Party (PCNP) arranged a protest demonstration at the front of Press Club Lahore regarding the minority day in Pakistan. August 11 is declared as minority day in Pa

Sargodha: August 13, 2013. (PCP) Tahir Naveed Ch.advocate launch new minorities’ movement in Pakistan named Pakistan minorities’ Alliance (PMA) at his home town public secretariat, PMA house Sargodha on 11 August 2013 on minorities’ day.
Mr, Tahir Naveed Ch. Said that vowed to carry out the missio

Karachi: August 10, 2013. (PCP) Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC in a message on August 11, 2013, which was declared as “Minority Day” by former Pakistan Peoples Party PPP government said “It is not Pakistan of Quaid-e-Azam then how we can observe this day to remember

High Representative Catherine Ashton
As a citizen of Italy, a member state of the European Union, and founder and president of the human rights organization, Voice of the Copts, I have followed with great interest your latest visit to my native country of Egypt -- particularly your request to free

India: August 10, 2013. (PCP) Making a plea to give parity to Dalit Christians with their Hindu counterparts, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa demanded deletion of the restrictive definition of Scheduled Castes in the Constitution (SCs) Order, 1950. “The matter cannot brook any further delay. Prompt st

New Delhi: August 10, 2013. (PCP) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (Delhi State) today stage a protest against the barbaric attacks on Hindus in Kishtwar District of Jammu and Kashmir at J&K House Prithviraj Road New Delhi. Addressing the protestors Shri Satyendra Mohan State General Secretary of VHP said tha

Karachi: August 8, 2013. (PCP) The Central Executive Council of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC approved nomination of Sadaf Saddique Advocate as Secretary General of Punjab Council of Pakistan Christian Congress here today.
Mr. Sadaf Saddique is attorney at law since 2005 and always willing to adv

Faisalabad: August 7, 2013. (PCP) The violent acts against susceptible groups must be prevented for social harmony and peaceful coexistence, this was emphasized by the participants at a meeting of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) under the auspices of the Association of Women for Awareness and Motivati