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Government Should Provide Protection to all the Churches in Pakistan

Includes photos of church that was attacked.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - On Friday afternoon, after Jumma prayer, some number of 600 people attacked and damaged a church in the old city area of Karachi.

Earlier some hundreds of the extremists have set in fire of all the belongings of the Ryan Brain (accused) blasphemy case in the same town. I travelled to Karachi to know the facts of this case and reached in Karachi on Friday evening.

Drugs Dehumanize and Enslave Human Beings

Drugs are hustled around within marginal environments of misfortune and poverty. There are more than one thousand huts that house those clans who vegetate in brittle situations.

(MADRID) - The Foundation Against Drug Addiction has launched an ad campaign, inter alia, under the following slogan: “Drugs do not only damage those who consume them”.

“Everything has a price”. This campaign aims to raise awareness about the sinister presence of drugs within society.

Root Cause of the Rimsha Case is Yet to be Solved

It is clear to see that there are some people in the country who claim ownership, while forgetting that people from other religions are Pakistani too.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Islamabad court granted the bail for Cleric Muhammad Khalid Chishti Jadoon on submission of a surety bond worth Rs. 200,000/.

Wajid Gilani, his lawyer maintained that since all the witnesses against his client backtracked from their statements, police now have no evidence of his involvement in the case.

Cleric Khalid Jadoon Granted Bail in Islamabad Today

Three witnesses who had testified against the cleric had later backtracked from their statements saying that the police had “forced” them to testify.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Pakistani cleric Khalid Jadoon, who was accused of adding burnt Holy Quran pages to make the case against Rimsha stronger, was granted bail by a trial court on Thursday at noon.

A sessions judge Islamabad granted the bail on submission of a surety bond worth Rs200,000.

PUCM Condemns the Attack on Teen Girl Malala

Another daughter of Pakistan, another target of hate and intolerance.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Pakistan United Christian Movement (PUCM) has strongly condemned the attack on 14-year-old Pakistani peace activists, Malala Yousufzai.

During a telephone conversation Albert David, Chairman Executive committee, said that PUCM strongly condemns the attack on Malala, a 14-year old student.

Pakistani Pastor Attacked by Muslim Extremist Group

The government says religious extremist groups are banned, but they still exist.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - The government of Pakistan has put an absolute ban on as many as 45 political and religious groups in a short span of just 11 years which clearly speaks of the violation of their self made notions of human rights, freedom of expression and sense of tolerance.

According to the official reports, the government has outlawed 45 organizations since 2001.

Witness Who Came Forward Against Khalid Jadoon Withdrew Their Testimonies

Earlier today, Syad Wajid Ali Gilani, Jadoon’s lawyer, submitted his bail application, but the court adjourned the hearing in Jadoon’s bail plea until Tuesday.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - The witnesses who came forward against Qari Muhammad Khalid Chishti, who is accused of adding burned pages from the Quran into the girl Rimsha's bag to strengthen a blasphemy case against her, withdrew their statements, on Monday.

They had sworn and stated that the police had pressured them into recording the statement in writing and under oath against Jadoon.

Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Ordered to Stop the Proceeding in Rimsha case

Earlier, Pakistani authorities arrested a cleric after accusing him of falsifying evidence against the girl.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Rimsha, a 14-year-old Christian girl in Islamabad Pakistan accused of blasphemy, may be spared the death penalty as her lawyer Abdul Majeed Rana has submitted a quiashment application in the Islamabad High Court today.

According to Abdul Majeed Rana, (Rimsha’s lawyer) Chief Justice Islamabad High court adjourned the case till 17th October and ordered the lower court to stop the proceeding until then.

PUCM `Welcomes` the Release of Rimsha and Announces to Award the Media People

It also calls to arrange a conference of Christian Leadership of Pakistan.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - The Pakistan United Christian Movement issued a statement welcoming the release of Rimsha.

She's the 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl charged under 295-B of the country’s controversial blasphemy law.

Possibly Drugged & Taken to Boulder Please Help Find Missing 16-Year Old Avery Workman

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Denver Police Department at 720-913-2000 or Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

(DENVER,CO) - Friends and family members of a missing Elbert County teenager handed out missing-child fliers in Boulder on Tuesday after a police investigation indicated the girl, last seen in downtown Denver, may have been taken to Boulder by an unknown man, searchers say.

Avery Dawn Workman, 16, last communicated with someone she knew at 2:45 p.m. Sunday...