By Catholic News Service KARACHI, Pakistan — A Catholic church serving more than 300 Christian families in Pakistan’s commercial capital of Karachi was demolished Aug. 24 despite resistance from a civil society group and warnings from U.N. human rights experts. The Save Karachi Movement, a group of lawyers, human rights defenders, journalists and minority activists, […]
Catholic’s blasphemy acquittal challenged in Pakistan high court
By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service MANCHESTER, England — The acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy is to be challenged in the country’s Supreme Court, according to her husband. Three judges of the court ordered Oct. 31 that the death sentence against Asia Bibi, a mother of five, was to […]