Shafique Khokhar

Edwardes College was founded by the Church Missionary Society in the 1850s. The institute resisted the nationalisation of Christian schools after Bhutto took over in 1971. For activists and Catholics, "Grabbing missionary institutions is against the constitution of Pakistan”.

Sentenced to death in 2002, Wajih ul Hassan saw his conviction upheld later by the Lahore High Court. “Who will return him 18 long years of his life?” asks one observer, an educator. “Will society and state rethink the blasphemy law? The answer is NO.” For this reason, “we feel for Mr Wajih’s family and beg forgiveness from them”.

Her name is Samra Bibi. In their report, the police deliberately wrote that she is 15 or 16 years old, above the legal age for marriage. Her father says that the Muslim man who kidnapped her "had long set his sights on Christian girls”.

Pakistan’s National Assembly adopted a draft bill, but it has not yet been passed it into law. One of its members notes the law will affect four million Pakistani citizens. Imran and Amber, separated with two children, tell their story. He remarried according to the Islamic rite, saying he had no choice.

Amir Masih was 25 and had become a father for the second time eight days earlier. Deputy police inspector and four agents under investigation for murder. The wife threatens to take her life with her children. Activists: "Everywhere in the world the police are allowed to violate the oath made, which is to protect human rights".

Christian live in a slum near a bus station in Pakki Mar. The price of land has risen and the Mehmood brothers, wealthy landowners, want to make money from development. The local Christian community has lived in the area for 125 years. Under Pakistani law, they are entitled to ownership after a hundred years.

The Christian Marriage and Divorce Act 2019 is set to replace two British-era laws. The changes were long overdue, but Christian stakeholders were not consulted. The draft bill has flaws and problems, and leaves too much discretionary power in the hands of the courts.

Tensions continue in the border state after Jammu and Kashmir loses its special status. Christians, Hindus and Baha'is call for peace and pray Indian Prime Minister Modi abandon the idea of ​​war.

For Mgr Arshad, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan, India's move will create "many problems for peace in South Asia" and the world. UN chief urges "maximum restraint". Calls are made to defuse the crisis.

Legally granted by the provincial government, the land is worth a fortune. For this reason, the Muslims refuse to return them.

Saima Sardar, 30, was set to marry her Christian fiancé in November. The threats of a former boyfriend led her to ask for greater security at the hospital where she worked. Activist calls for a law “to punish violence against women" and ban forced marriages.

Badal Masih worked at a scrapyard owned by a Muslim named Ifran. His employer was infuriated when the child told him he would no longer work for him. He was a "very obedient child,” says his mother. They “took his life for no reason.”