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Pakistan: Supreme Court to take Jaranwala blasphemy case today
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Jaranwala incident took place on August 16 where a crowd vandalised over 21 churches and set more than a hundred houses in Jaranwala on fire after clerics made announcements in the mosques inciting the mob to attack the Christian community under allegations of blasphemy.
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Christian delegation from Pakistan calls on EU Parliamentarians to debate
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A delegation of the Christian community in Pakistan met with EU Parliamentarians in Brussels on Thursday to raise the issue of "religious persecution" in the country.
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Christian Alliance stages protest against Pakistan over Jaranwala Incident
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The protesters expressed grave concerns over the religious freedom violations and stifling state of freedom of expression in Pakistan and called upon the European Union to assess Pakistan’s compliance with its human rights obligations before extending its Generalized System of Preferences (G
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Overseas Pakistanis urge President Alvi to punish those involved in Jaranw
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Overseas Pakistani Christian Alliance (OPCA) condemned the Jaranwala incident in which 19 churches and multiple houses were gutted in a suspected arson by a mob and urged the government to punish those who are responsible for this crime.
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Pakistan: Delegation from Christian community calls on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A delegation from Pakistan’s Christian community called on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam over the Jaranwala incident in which 19 churches and multiple houses were gutted in a suspected arson by a mob, Radio Pakistan reported on Monday.
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Jaranwala violence: Christian community says police forcing compromise, mo
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The petition filed by the Chairman of Grace Bible Fellowship Church Pakistan through advocate Shahbaz Fazal Saroya, informed the court of the continuous threats to the community by some locals.
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Christian community stages protest outside European Parliament against vio
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In the protest, the protesters expressed grave concerns over the religious freedom violations and stifling state of freedom of expression in Pakistan and called upon the European Union to assess Pakistan’s compliance with its human rights obligations.
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Pakistan: Damages suffered due to Jaranwala blasphemy incident amount to P
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In the Jaranwala blasphemy incident, the damages suffered due to the burning of churches and the houses of minorities has been estimated to be Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 67 million, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan: Religious leaders seek judicial probe into Jaranwala violence
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Ijaz Alam Augustine while addressing the press conference condemned the heinous incident and said that the Christian community is very sad all over the world. We have a question from the Punjab government when the miscreants first acted at 5 in the morning, why did the police and the adminis
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Pak: Over 600 booked in 2 terror cases over Jaranwala violence
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A day after the arrest of over 100 people in connection to their alleged involvement in riots targeting Christians in Pakistan's Faisalabad, Jaranwala police of the Faisalabad District on Thursday said that they have registered two terror cases against 600 people for ransacking and torching
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Tamil Nadu: AICCC condemns attack on Manipur Churches, holds massive prote
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The All India Christian Churches Council (AICCC), on Sunday, held a massive protest at the Chennai Collector Office in Parrys, Chennai, to take security measures to protect churches that were attacked in the Manipur violence.
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Stand of Sikh, Jain and Christian community cannot be ignored: Sharad Pawa
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Pawar said that the stand of the Sikh, Jain and Christian communities should be made clear. "I am taking more information but I have heard that Sikh Community are not in favour of supporting UCC. The stand of this community can not be ignored," Pawar added.
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