Lahore: November 4, 2012. (Z. Khan) A well-known Pakistani liberal journalist, Muhammad Kamran who has been facing blasphemy charges and a very possible danger of extra judicial killing by the extremists, has gone into hiding to save his life.
Muhammad Kamran holds the office of Editor In Chief of

Bahawalpur: November 4, 2012. (PCP) The blasphemy accused Pakistani Christian woman Shamim Bibi was released on bail from Bahawalpur jail today on two surety bonds of 4 hundred thousand rupees on orders of Punjab High Court Bench of Bahawalpur.
Ms Aneeqa Maria Akhtar Advocate, the Chief Coordinator

Can we pursue equality in human rights, if such equality is only for selected identity groups? Have we succeeded in our commitment to equality only once the identity group we support wins power in the conflicts we are deeply concerned about? While the answer may seem obvious in theory, in practice,

WASHINGTON, D.C: November 2, 2012. (PCP) Dr. Wahid Baloch, President of Baloch Society of North America (BSO-NA), Welcomed Her Excellency Ambassador Eileens Donahoe remarks on Balochistan situation but said that they are not enough as the Baloch people demands from the United States and Internationa

Sanghla Hill, Punjab: October 31, 2012. (PCP) Pakistani Christian Pastor arrested under blasphemy in Sanghla Hill town in Punjab province of Pakistan on October 13, 2012, was denied bail in a court hearing on October 30, 2012.
Pastor Karama Patras was arrested on accusations of blasphemy by police

Geneva: October 31, 2012. (BPCA) A Symposium on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for Pakistan was held at the UN Conference Centre in Geneva yesterday (30.10.12). A packed audience comprising of many Pakistani Students heard presentations from diverse humanitarian groups, focused on the socio-ec

In recent days the intensity of mistrust between the Kurds and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) is clearly boiling over after the FSA entered Kurdish areas. The FSA Islamists are being openly supported by Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. France is probably the most dangerous equation within the triangle of

Hong Kong: October 31, 2012. (scmp) In a demonstration organised by the NGO Vision First, about 300 people marched from Central to the government headquarters in Admiralty carrying banners calling the city a "prison without walls".
They delivered a petition demanding fairer and more humane treatme

Lahore: October 31, 2012. (LEAD) Today after release from jail, Khuram Masih also known as Khuram Shahzad appeared in trial court, and LEAD's lawyers submitted in trial court two applications one for his acquittal and other for his exemption from personal attendance in the Court during the trial.
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KARACHI/LARKANA: October 31, 2012. (Nazir Siyal) Law Minister Sindh Mohammed Ayaz Soomro criticized the feudal mind politicians’ announcement for fighting/lodging murder case of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and baseless allegations regarding occupation of the property of Ameer Begum, he expressed these vi

ISLAMABAD: October 30, 2012. (SHAMIM MASIH) A Christian girl Timar Shahzadi 14 was kidnapped and doubted she would have been raped and forcibly converted to Islam
According to Pastor Farooq Sadique, Timar Shahzadi a Christian was kidnapped in the twin city of Islamabad/Rawalpindi on 22nd October, 2

WASINGINTON DC: October 29, 2012. (PCP) A senior Baloch journalist and founder of the American Friends of Balochistan on Sunday urged the new U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Richard G. Olson, to help protect the rights of Christians and Hindus in Pakistan.
In a missive to Olson, AFB chief Ahmar Mustik

Islamists once more have killed innocents during the religious period of Eid al-Adha, including a bomb attack which killed several children near a play area in the capital of Iraq. In Afghanistan worshippers were killed while praying inside a mosque and in Syria several terrorist attacks have taken

Islamists often go on a killing spree during Ramadan in several nations and likewise the mark of Eid al-Adha in Afghanistan met the same fate. It is reported that more than 40 people have been killed by a brutal Islamist terrorist attack against Muslim worshippers. Therefore, once more the Islamist

Sahiwal, Punjab: October 26, 2012. (PCP) “We will teach you a lesson” threatened Muslim culprits to Javed Sohtra Advocate, after denial of bails from court, in case of 13 years old Christian girls’ gang rape and murder here today in compound of Sahiwal Districts Courts.
When everyone was celebratin