Shafique Khokhar

The Archbishop of Lahore calls on people to celebrate Christmas during the pandemic in a very simple way. Tuesdays are special days dedicated to boosting spiritual strength and faith. The first one is for prayer, the second for penance, and the third for alms.

Sonia was 24 years old and worked as a maid. Shahzad is a photographer and had been proposing for months, even pushing his family to propose marriage. But the girl always refused. After several threats, he killed her on the street on her way to work.

Members of various parties confess shame at the video that the torturers shot and demand justice for the victim. Qamar Bhatti is a victim of usury. His loan sharks include three Christians. Warning: the video contains scenes of violence.

The National Commission for Justice and Peace and Pahel Pakistan organised the event centred on respect for diversity and pluralism. Peace requires religious and political tolerance in society.

Sheeza Maqsood, 16, was converted to Islam at gun point; under threat of death to her family, she had to marry one of the kidnappers, who raped her for a month and a half. NGOs appeal to the government and the police for greater resources to help and defend minorities.

The initiative sparked by Pope Francis’ Day of the Poor: "The poor are at the heart of the Gospel". Many are drug addicts and homeless because they are poor or because they have tensions at home. "As you share time and faith with them, you encourage them to start a new life with more hope."

Educational experts, politicians and human rights activists vetted school textbooks, curricula and educational policy, dominated by stereotypes and wrong views of religious minorities, often described in a derogatory way or not named at all. In violation of the Pakistani constitution, some students are forced to learn a religion other their own. A collection of essays titled “Quality Education vs Fanatic Literacy” is presented.

After 11 months Shahbaz Masih is granted bail. He was jailed with his Muslim friend Muhammad Ishaq. The story dates back to last December; calls for their death issued by a mosque. Legal assistance from Human Rights Focus Pakistan was fundamental. The president renews his call to amend the blasphemy laws.

The woman and her 25-year-old son were killed in front of their home. Nobody in the village helped them. For human rights activists, the fact is "a huge example of intolerance and hatred that spreads against Christians", also nourished in schools. Central and state government’s silence and failure to defend minorities.

The girl was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married against her will. Her alleged husband, Ali Azhar, 44, said she is of an adult. A medical board established the girl's age, which fits with her birth certificate. For religious minority leaders, the government must guarantee people’s rights, especially those of girls.

"Laudato si '" covers a wide range of topics, including the environment, the construction of an "integral ecology" and the effects of consumerism and indifference on our world.

In some videos released in recent days, the 13-year-old married (forcibly) to a 44-year-old Muslim, says she "freely" chose Islam as a religion and "voluntarily" married her husband, who had kidnapped her. The comments: "She was trapped, she was brainwashed, she was threatened." For Sabir Michael, a professor at Karachi University, these videos have no legal value.