- 09/25/2011
Christian Doctor Trades Medical Practice for Eternal Cure
Dr. Tahira Saleem gave up her flourishing medical practice after she realized Pakistan needed a Bible college more than a stethoscope.
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09/13/2011Over 800 Poor Christians Evicted From Slum Colony in Pakistan
Over 800 poor Christians in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore have been forced to live on the roads with no immediate hope of having a shelter of their own after local authorities demolished their homes located in a slum early Saturday morning, with the Christians claiming that they were given just a day’s notice to vacate the land.
- 08/26/2011
Son of Slain Governor Abducted by Militants in Pakistan
Unidentified gunmen in Pakistan on Friday kidnapped the son of Salmaan Taseer, the liberal provincial governor assassinated by one of his bodyguards earlier this year in retaliation for Taseer's opposition to the country’s controversial blasphemy laws.
- 08/10/2011
Investigators Claim Family Rivalry, Not Taliban, Killed Pakistan's Christian Minister
In another twist in the probe into the assassination of Pakistan’s first Christian minorities’ affairs minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, the joint investigation team formed by the government to trace his killers has claimed that family rivalry, and not the Taliban, had killed Shahbaz Bhatti, according to a media report.
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08/06/2011Flood-Affected Christians Protest Gov't Discrimination in Pakistan
A large number of Christians living in the southern belt of Pakistan’s Punjab province who lost their homes in last year’s floods remain homeless despite a scheme by the Punjab government to allocate land to residents in the area, according to Christian residents.
- 08/04/2011
Pakistan's Religious Freedom Problem Severe, Says Commission
Observing that Islamabad has failed to protect freedom of religion or belief, the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom on Thursday demanded Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declare Pakistan a “country of particular concern.”
Tags Religious Freedom - 06/30/2011
Slain Pakistani Christian Minister's Brother Says Probe 'Finally on Right Track'
An investigation into the assassination of a Christian Pakistani government minister who criticized the country's rigid Islamic blasphemy law is on "the right track," his brother said on Thursday.
Tags Persecution - 06/07/2011
Christian Minister Stopped From Presenting Provincial Budget in Pakistan
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led by former prime minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has succumbed to pressure by most of its legislators of the Punjab Provincial Assembly to not let a Christian cabinet minister present the provincial budget for 2011-12 just because of his faith
Tags Education - 05/24/2011
Tipping Point for Pakistan as Taliban Target Airbase
Troops recaptured a Pakistani naval airbase on Monday after a 16-hour battle with as few as six Taliban gunmen who had launched their brazen attack to avenge the killing of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.
- 05/22/2011
U.S. Kills Top Militant Figure in Pakistan's Tribal Areas
As the Taliban have unleashed a violent spate of bombings in Pakistan and Afghanistan to avenge the killing of al-Qaida supreme leader Osama bin Laden, the terrorist organization has lost a high-profile religious figure, Salim al Laibi in a recent U.S. drone attack in the town of Mirali in Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency
Tags Conflict/War - 05/20/2011
Taliban Target American Convoy in Pakistan, One Killed
The Taliban bombed a US consulate convoy in Peshawar on Friday, killing one person and wounding 11 others in the first attack on Americans in Pakistan since Osama bin Laden's killing in the military garrison town of Abbottabad on May 2.
Tags Conflict/War - 05/19/2011
66 Killed in Taliban Violence in Afghanistan, Pakistan
At least 66 people including Taliban militants have been killed in two days of violent attacks by the Islamist militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the last two days. A Taliban attack on an Afghan road construction company early on Thursday triggered an hours-long firefight that killed 36 people
Tags Conflict/War - 05/17/2011
Taliban Shoot and Kill Saudi Leader in Pakistan
Gunmen on motorcycles shot and killed a Saudi diplomat in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday, the second attack on the mission since the killing of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden increased tension in the region.
- 05/17/2011
America, Pakistan Make Efforts to Salvage Ties
U.S. Senator John Kerry warned Pakistan on Monday that "actions not words" are needed to tackle militant sanctuaries, as the two countries tried to salvage their relationship two weeks after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.
- 05/16/2011
Key Figure in Miami Terror Network Still Yet to be Captured
Although law enforcement agencies in Miami have succeeded in arresting three Pakistan-born U.S. nationals, including the imams of two Florida mosques, on charges of financing and supporting the Pakistani Taliban, it's likely that a key figure of this network has managed to evade capture and is still present on U.S. soil.
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