HYDERABAD, Pakistan: April 12, 2013. (By Abbas Kassar) Sindh National Party one of the main nationalist party of Sindh, advocating rights of people of Sindh, after boycotting the general elections and withdrawing its 20 candidates from race on basis of out of way questioning during scrutiny, has no

LAHORE: April 12, 2013. (LEAD) The LEAD has filed bail petition for Sawan Masih and followed his case. Lawyers for Sawan Masih, a Christian accused of blasphemy and jailed, are hopeful for his bail. He has a petition for bail scheduled to be heard on 15 April, 2013 in the Session Court of Lahore.
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Islamabad: April 12, 2013. (PCP) The Pakistani Senate Standing Committee on National Harmony has recommended that false blasphemy accusations carry the same punishment as blasphemy – the death penalty.
The call was made in a meeting of the committee on 4 April, following the Joseph Colony attack.

London: April 12, 2013. (PCP) A Punjabi man contacted CLAAS for help after his conversion to Islam and marriage to a Muslim girl prompted her family to accuse him of kidnap. Nadeem Masih, of Ajnehiwala District, Hafizabal, married a girl called Madiha according to the Islamic tradition on 11 Februa

Karachi: April 10, 2013; (PR) Chairman All Pakistan Christian League APCL has demanded government of Pakistan to take immediate notice of 3 Human Rights activists were tortured for 16 hours in Pakistan. Zeeshan Nahir is a Human Rights Activist from Karachi Pakistan. He is very active member of two l

It will be interesting to note if the pro-Gaza brigade will equally rebuke Hamas for supporting anti-female edicts in Gaza? Of all the problems facing the Palestinians it appears that Hamas believes that forcing females into the “shadows” is a major priority. Therefore, from the next school year al

EDINBURGH, UK: April 10, 2013. (Shahid Khan) Speakers from Scotland and abroad condemned the widespread misuse of Pakistan blasphemy laws during a protest demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament on Monday.
The protest demonstration was organized by Global Minorities Alliance, a Glasgow based

Faisalabad: April 10, 2013. (PCP) One hundred and eight years old Christian graveyard has been demolished in a Pakistani village 168 GB Siraj of the Faisalabad district on April 8, 2013 by Muhammad Siddique son of Muhammad Ismael and his two sons Muhammad Akram and Muhammad Akhter Rasool. They occup

Karachi: April 10, 2013. (PCP) According to press note issued by Central Secretariat of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC, one more Christian party Pakistan Masihi Tehreek have joined campaign to boycott election 2013, making total of five major Christian parties to struggle for Election instead of S

HYDERABAD: April 8, 2013. (By Abbas Kassar) Despite applying article 61.62 and 63 of constitution of Pakistan the winning horses in election 2013 so far surfaced on political scene belong to same family. It has remained political tradition of both India and Pakistan that the family rules once rules

Throughout early 2013 the nations of the Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)and Mali have witnessed the usual “ghost warriors,” whereby central states appear illusionary. Of course, the developments throughout early 2013 are following similar paths because of many past

Pakistan: April 8, 2013. (LEAD) On April 3, 2013, one Christian man Younis Masih, who was death sentenced in blasphemy, his appeal was accepted and Court ordered for his release. His wife Meena Bibi suffered a lot with her four children after the allegation leveled against her husband and he was put

Glasgow: April 8, 2013. (PCP) Global Minorities Alliance will today (Monday April 8th) stage a protest outside the Scottish Parliament, imploring MSPs to act on Pakistan’s religious violence.
The Scottish-based human rights group will hold a peaceful demonstration on the steps of the Parliament be

Karachi: April 5, 2013. (PCP) The three more Christian parties joined Pakistan Christian Congress PCC and announced to boycott election 2013, demanding Election on reserved seats for minorities and women in parliament instead of Selection by Muslim political groups here today.
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Lahore: April 5, 2013. (PCP) The CLAAS lawyers and Coordination Team after release of Younis Masih from Mianwali jail moved him to undisclosed safe place for security concerns to his life.
CLAAS was a leading organization to fight for freedom of Younis Masih who was sentenced to death on accusatio