Nazir Masih, an elderly Christian businessman, was severely beaten during a mob attack in Sargodha in May 2024 after allegations of Quran desecration. He died from his injuries on...
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.
Maulana Nigar Alam, a Muslim cleric, was killed by a mob at a political rally in Mardan in May 2023 after some participants interpreted words in his concluding prayer...
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...
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...
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.
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 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...
