Situation of Christians

An elderly Christian man in his 80s was dragged through the streets and ultimately killed (2024)

A charged mob attacked and vandalized properties in Sargodha Masjid’s colony. An elderly man in his 80s was dragged through the streets, brutally beaten and at one point thrown into a fire. His injuries were so severe that he submitted to them either on the spot or shortly after being rushed to the hospital. This is not an isolated incident. As Christians in Pakistan, we have faced systematic discrimination and violence for years.

Man burned for alleged blasphemy of Quran (2024)

A Catholic father of four children was gunned down by Muslim neighbors last week after he objected to their harassment of Christians in the area, his family said. Marshall Masih of the Patiala House area in Lahore was the sole breadwinner for his elderly parents, wife and four children — the oldest 10, the youngest 18 months old. He was 29.

Christian dad of 4 gunned down in front of family by Muslim neighbors (2024)

Local residents look a spot where a Muslim mob lynched and burned a man over allegations that he had desecrated Islam’s holy book, in Madyan, a town in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Friday, June 21, 2024. A Muslim mob in northwestern Pakistan broke into a police station, snatched a man who was held there and then lynched him over allegations that he had desecrated Islam’s holy book, the Quran.

Christian widow raped and killed in Lahore for refusing to convert (2023)

Shazia Imran, a 40-year-old Christian widow, was killed by four men in murky circumstances because she did not want to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim man, Mani Gujjar. For activist Nadia Stephen, minority women and girls should not be subjected to abduction, rape, and murder simply because they refuse to abandon their religion.

Christian Employee Dies After Being Forced to Drink Acid By Muslim Employer (2024)

In Pakistan, a Muslim employer who suspected his Christian employee of theft forced him to drink acid. The Christian died. On the 8th of May, Shahid Masih, a 35-year-old Christian dairy worker, was unjustly accused of theft and subjected to horrifying torture. His employer, Muhammad Ijaz, allegedly forced Shahid to ingest a corrosive substance in the village of Ghang Sheikhupura. This act of brutality left Shahid unconscious and in critical condition….

Pakistani Christian brothers tortured into reciting Islamic creed (2024)

Azam Masih, 39, a tailor, and his brother Nadeem Masih, 41, were repeatedly hit with iron bars and threatened with death by their two captors if they did not comply. Wounded and weak, the brothers were forced into reciting the shahada Islamic creed, which is considered by Muslims to constitute conversion to Islam.

Christian priest injured in shooting at Jaranwala, where Churches were vandalised and set ablaze weeks ago (2023)

In mid-August, the Islamists targeted the Christians in Jaranwala of the Faisalabad district in Pakistan, over blasphemy charges. The majority Muslim community attacked the minority Christian community and their churches. They reportedly vandalised and torched several Churches that were located in the neighbourhood.