Pakistani authorities alleged that a gaming club in Muzaffargarh was used to groom, exploit and record young children. This case raises urgent questions about online exploitation, child protection and...
Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer publicly supported Asia Bibi and criticized Pakistan’s blasphemy law. On 4 January 2011, one of his own police guards assassinated him in Islamabad.
Shahbaz Bhatti served as Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs and advocated religious freedom, interfaith harmony and reform. On 2 March 2011, gunmen assassinated him in Islamabad after repeated...
In July 2012, a homeless man accused of burning the Quran was taken into police custody in Channi Goth. A crowd of more than 1,000 stormed the station, lynched...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
