Pakistan

By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW 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.

By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two Pakistani Christians have launched legal proceedings against the country’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), after twice being refused permission to board a flight to Sri Lanka on the pretext that they might defect, BosNewsLife learned.

GUJRANWALA, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A medical Christian doctor was in hiding Thursday, November 13, after being acquitted on blasphemy charges and released from prison, Christians said.

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A high-ranking Pakistani politician, who negotiated the release of kidnapped Christians and fought against controversial blasphemy laws, says he and his family are in life danger after receiving threatening phone calls from suspected Islamic militants.

By Xavier P. William, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Rawalpindi, Pakistan RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistani security forces freed hostages held in a church compound by over a dozen armed men and women on Friday, April 2, and detained several suspects, police officials and Christians told BosNewsLife.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Pakistan remained fearful Thursday, June 16, after a court in Pakistan acquitted 70 Muslims who were suspected of killing Christians in one of the country's worst sectarian clashes in recent memory.  

By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian man remained behind bars Saturday, February 27, after a Pakistani court sentenced him to life imprisonment for making "blasphemous" remarks about the Koran and Islam's prophet Mohammad.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- At least 13 people, including women and children, were injured Wednesday, July 1, when local Muslims set on fire some 100 Christian homes and churches east of the Pakistani city of Lahore, Christian rights investigators said.

By BosNewsLife Correspondents Stefan J. Bos and Santosh Digal reporting from the region DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Police in India's Punjab state refuse toinvestigate the involvement of Hindu militants in the attempted murders of Christians, according to a report obtained by BosNewsLife Tuesday, March 2.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- There is growing anxiety about the plight of several teenage Christians girls who were...