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10-03-2009 Pakistan: Woman killed as armed gang attacks Punjabi Christians
06-03-2009 Gunmen attack church in Pakistan, killing one, injuring 17
10-02-2009 Pakistan: Crowds demand death penalty for Christian activist
01-02-2009 Time to abolish law that targets Christians
27-01-2009 Pakistan: Christian teenager and four relatives acquitted of blasphemy
13-01-2009 Pakistan: CLAAS appeals for release of paralysed Christian prisoner
25-11-2008 Pakistan: Christian doctor freed
11-11-2008 Pakistan: Punjab jail allows Christian prayer room
04-11-2008 Abducted, forced to convert at gunpoint, married against her will and raped repeatedly… ‘Pray for the Christian women of Pakistan’ - Focus for International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
28-10-2008 Pakistan: Pastor is beaten by police - five times
16-09-2008 Pakistan: Christian man continues his fight for justice
03-09-2008 Pakistan: Death of young Christian to be investigated
22-07-2008 Pakistan: Government troops attack extremists
15-07-2008 Christian teenager allegedly tortured to death in Pakistan - for phoning a Muslim girl. Latest 'honour killing' highlights plight of Christians in Pakistan
08-07-2008 Pakistan: Taliban militants release 16 Christians
25-06-2008 Pakistan: Taliban militants pardoned in North West Frontier Province
27-05-2008 Pakistan: Christians lobby for greater representation in government
11-05-2008 Pakistan: Christian doctor accused of blasphemy
29-04-2008 Pakistan: North West Frontier Province agrees to introduce Sharia law
01-04-2008 Pakistan: Christians protest over attack on church
19-03-2008 Pakistan: Partner attacked while rescuing Christian teenager
19-03-2008 Christian executed in Pakistan after confession under torture
05-02-2008 Pakistan: Young Christian evangelist shot dead by gunman
22-01-2008 Pakistan: extremists shoot Christian in Punjab
08-01-2008 Pakistan: Pressures likely to increase on Christians
31-12-2007 PAKISTAN TURMOIL: GROWING DANGER FOR CHRISTIANS, WARNS RELEASE INTERNATIONAL – Pictures available
11-12-2007 Pakistan: Christian teacher receives death threats
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Petty Children's Squabble Escalates
27-11-2007 Pakistan: RI Partners Join in Protest Against Failure to Provide Justice
27-11-2007 Pakistan: RI Partners Aid Couple Whose Newborn Son Was Killed
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Taliban Threaten People Engaging in Un-Islamic Activities
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Christians Ordered to Turn to Islam or Be Killed
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Ranjha Masih Acquitted of Blasphemy
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Proposed Apostasy Legislation Unlikely to Go Through
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Muslim Teachers Accused of Beating a Student
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Parvez Masih Cleared of Blasphemy Charges
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Protection Demanded for Christians Expelled from Nursing College
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Christian Teenager Suspected of Theft Focus of Blasphemy Case
27-11-2007 Pakistani Cleric Offers Reward for Killing Cartoonist
24-11-2007 Pakistan: Female Teachers and Students Told to Wear Burqa or Risk Death
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Woman Charged with Blasphemy Released on Bail
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Protests in Punjab Against Demolition of Church
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Muslim Seminarians Jailed for Murder of Christian Youth
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Christians Brace for Reaction to Cartoons
23-11-2007 Pakistan's Parliament Aligns with Hardliners
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Greater Risk for Christians Under State of Emergency
23-11-2007 Pakistan: New Hope for Christian Mum
23-11-2007 Pakistan Threatens to be Consumed by Islamist Extremism
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Another Church Attacked
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Brutal Treatment of Christians Brought Into Focus
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Animosity Toward Christians Reaching Alarming Proportions
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Christian Woman Accused of Blasphemy Forced to Flee
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Bodies of Missionary Family Found
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Young Man Gunned Down for Refusing to Become a Muslim
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Islamist Group Funded by Kidnapping Christian Boys
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Shahbaz Masih Released
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Woman Forced from Home After Acquitted
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Christian Girls Abducted and Foribly Converted to Islam
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Rape Victim in Hiding
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Father Faces Death Threat from Son's Killers
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Christian Teenager Cleared of BlasphemY Charges
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Father Not Giving Up Hope for Children
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Christians Fight to Remain on Land
22-11-2007 Pakistan: Muslim Cleric Accused of Torture Arrested
21-11-2007 PAKISTAN: CHURCH ATTACKED FOR RELAYING PRAYERS THROUGH LOUDSPEAKER – IN RETALIATION SEVEN MOSQUE LOUDSPEAKERS CALL FOR WAR ON CHRISTIANS – PIX AVAILABLE
02-11-2007 PAKISTAN: MILITANTS WARN USA: PULL OUT TROOPS OR WE KILL CHRISTIANS
02-11-2007 CHALLENGE FOR PAKISTAN'S CHRISTIANS: BOMB THREAT TO SCHOOLS THAT REFUSE ISLAMIC DRESS Top story in Persecution Now news roundup, plus news from Eritrea, Egypt and Kazakhstan
02-11-2007 PAKISTAN: CHRISTIANS IN BLASPHEMY CASE RELEASED INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY TODAY AS MILITANTS SEEK TO KILL THEM - Pictures available
02-11-2007 PAKISTAN CHRISTIAN STILL HIDING FROM MILITANTS WHO WANT TO KILL HIM - DESPITE BEING CLEARED OF BLASPHEMY CHARGES… AND THE 16-YEAR-OLD FUGITIVE IN FEAR OF HIS LIFE AFTER A SCHOOLBOY SQUABBLE - VICTIMS OF BLASPHEMY CHARGES
08-08-2007 PAKISTAN: GANG-RAPE OF YOUNG CHRISTIAN MAN WHO REFUSED TO CONVERT TO ISLAM
08-08-2007 PAKISTAN CHRISTIANS WARNED: CONVERT TO ISLAM OR DIE. SHANTI NAGAR, DEVASTATED TEN YEARS AGO, UNDER THREAT FROM MILITANTS AGAIN - Copy of death threat attached
08-08-2007 PAKISTAN: CHRISTIANS FEAR BACKLASH AS SECURITY FORCES CLASH WITH MOSQUE EXTREMISTS
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