A blasphemy allegation against Sawan Masih triggered mass violence in Lahore's Joseph Colony in 2013. More than 100 Christian homes were burned. Seven years later, the Lahore High Court...
Rimsha Masih was a Christian child with learning difficulties when she was arrested for blasphemy in Islamabad in 2012. After alleged evidence tampering came to light, the Islamabad High...
An alleged blasphemous Facebook post triggered mob violence against Ahmadi families in Gujranwala in July 2014. A woman and her two young granddaughters died when homes were set on...
Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel were sentenced to death in 2014 over alleged blasphemous text messages. After seven years on death row, Lahore High Court acquitted the Christian couple...
Shama Bibi and Shahzad Masih, a Christian brick-kiln couple with three children, were killed by a mob in Kot Radha Kishan in 2014 after an allegation of Quran desecration.
An eight-year-old Hindu boy was accused of blasphemy in Bhong in 2021. After a court granted him bail, a mob attacked and damaged a Hindu temple before authorities intervened.
Mashal Khan, a 23-year-old university student, was lynched in Mardan in 2017 after being accused of blasphemy. A later official investigation found no evidence supporting the allegation.
Muhammad Waris was already in police custody when a mob stormed Warburton Police Station in Nankana Sahib in 2023, dragged him from his cell and lynched him over a...
Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara was killed by a mob in Sialkot in December 2021 after allegations of blasphemy. Pakistani courts later convicted dozens of participants.
Blasphemy allegations against two Christian men triggered widespread violence in Jaranwala in August 2023. More than 20 churches and scores of Christian homes were attacked, burned or damaged.
