Hope For Kidnapped Pakistan Christian Teenager, Group Says

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By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan christmas-peace1LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights activists were hopeful Wednesday, March 11, that they would be able to "free" a Christian teenager who was allegedly abducted by a Muslim man last year in Pakistan's Punjab province, and forced to marry him.

Pakistan Christian Hostel Chief Receiving Death Threats

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By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan images1LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian chief of a major hostel for nursing students in the Pakistani city of Lahore faced possible dismissal Wednesday, March 11, after she already receiving death threats from Muslim colleagues and militants for allowing Christian students to pray and worship on the hostel's premises, a Christian rights and advocacy group said.

Pastor, Believers Injured In India Church Bombing And Shootings

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service 0608as42NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A man protesting conversions to Christianity went on a shooting spree and exploded a crude bomb in an evangelical church in India's eastern state of Bihar, seriously injuring the pastor and several worshipers, representatives confirmed Tuesday, March 10.

One Killed, Several Injured In Pakistan Church Shooting

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By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan islam_symbol_swordSINGOWALI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- One person was killed and at over a dozen injured when Muslim militants opened fire on Christian worshipers during a prayer service of a Presbyterian Church in Pakistan's Punjab province, Christian rights investigators and police confirmed Friday, March 6.

Christian Girl’s Rape Shows “Growing Trend” In Pakistan, Group Says

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service pakistan-christmas_p711ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Muslim man in Pakistan kidnapped, raped and forced a 13-year-old girl to convert to Islam and marry him at gunpoint, the latest in "growing trend" of attacks against Christian women in the country and other Islamic nations, Christian rights investigators told BosNewsLife Thursday, March 5.

Christian Woman Kidnapped In Pakistan By Muslim Gunmen

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By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan pakistan-christmas_p71SAHIWAL, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An impoverished father of a young Christian woman was still knocking at the doors of Pakistan's justice system Sunday, March 1, a year after his daughter was kidnapped by Muslim gunmen who apparently tried to "convert" her to Islam.

Pakistan Christian Killed As Kidnappings and Violence Spread (BosNewsLife In-Depth)

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By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan 340x1SARGODHA, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- There was concern Tuesday, February 24, over reports of new Muslim violence against Pakistani Christians, which included a murder, rape, and kidnappings of Christians in Pakistan's Punjab province and other areas, sometimes with support from authorities, local residents and rights investigators said.

Pakistan Muslims Expel Christian Students And Hostel Leader Over Blasphemy

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By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan fmh02LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- The Christian head of a hostel and two Christian students from a nearby medical college in Pakistan's Punjab province have been expelled after Islamic extremists wanted to kill them on "false" charges of "desecrating the Koran", seen as a holy book by Muslims, Christian leaders told BosNewsLife Sunday, February 22.

Pakistan Christian Girl Raped By Muslim Extremists

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Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan pakistan_christians-600_x_432SANGLA HILL, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A 13-year old impoverished Christian girl in Pakistan's Punjab province was recovering Thursday, February 19, after she was gang raped at gun point by five Islamic extremists, her family told BosNewsLife.

Pakistan Militants Kidnap Christian Mother, Two Children

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By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan islam_symbol_swordDANDPUR KHARROLIAN, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An impoverished Christian man in Pakistan was still searching for his wife and two small children on Valentine's Day Saturday, February 14, nearly one month after they were allegedly kidnapped by Muslim militants because he refused to abandon his faith in Jesus Christ.