Hope After Violence in Pakistan

August 5, 2024 — 08/05/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Saleem and his family were among the hundreds of Christians who fled the mob violence that destroyed about 30 homes, nearly 200 churches, and numerous...

Hope House: Breaking the Cycle of Persecution Around the World

July 8, 2024 — 07/08/2024 (International Christian Concern) – In many countries where they are the minority religion, Christians are considered second-class citizens. Christian children are denied a quality education. Hope House provides Christian...

Court Sentences Christian Man to Death Nearly a Year after Jaranwala Riots

July 2, 2024 — 7/2/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — An anti-terrorism court in Sahiwal, Pakistan on Monday sentenced a Christian man to death for his alleged role in inciting the Jaranwala riots that...

Hidden Realities: Exploring the Lives of Women Laborers in Pakistan’s Brick Kilns

June 27, 2024 — 06/27/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Amid the steady hum of chatter exists a silent symphony of suffering where women toil day and night to meet not only their brick quota,...

Wife of Pakistani Christian Recently Killed by Muslim Mob Dies

June 21, 2024 — 6/21/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — Naseem Nazir, wife of Nazir Masih, an elderly Christian who died after being brutally beaten by an angry Muslim mob, died on Friday after...

The Gift of New Life in Pakistan

June 20, 2024 — 06/20/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – When Christians are freed from the bondage of working in Pakistan’s brick kilns, they often don’t have the skills they need to support themselves —...

Members of Mob That Killed Nazir Masih Released on Bail

June 19, 2024 — 6/19/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — Two weeks after Nazir Masih succumbed to injuries he sustained during a brutal mob attack on May 25, an International Christian Concern (ICC) source...

The Unseen Struggle that Haunts Generations in Pakistan

June 13, 2024 — 06/13/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – In the heart of Pakistan, where diversity is celebrated and cultural richness flows through the veins of its people, a sinister reality lies hidden, a...

ICC Perspectives: Christian Lynching Victim’s Death Reignites Blasphemy Law Protests

June 11, 2024 — 6/11/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — It is an unfortunate reality that many Christians in Pakistan live in fear that they could be the next target of Islamic extremism. This...

Pakistan Christian Dies Nine Days after Mob Attack

June 4, 2024 — 6/4/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — About a week after suffering a brutal mob attack, Nazir Masih, who was in his 70s, died early Monday morning at a military hospital...

Mob Brutally Attacks Elderly Christian Man after False Blasphemy Claims Circulate

May 25, 2024 — 5/25/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — Around 7 a.m., an angry mob attacked an elderly Christian man after claims that he had burned pages from a Quran circulated throughout the...

Pakistani Ad Criticized as Discriminatory to Christians

May 25, 2024 — 5/24/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — An ad calling for a sweeper in northwest Pakistan is being denounced as discriminatory to Christians in the region. Pakistani sweepers work notoriously difficult,...

Pastor in Pakistan Accused of Blasphemy by Son-in-Law

April 23, 2024 — 4/23/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — Almas, a Christian living in Gujranwala, uploaded a TikTok video of his father-in-law, Accad, a local pastor, and claimed the video showed the pastor...

ICC Helps Christian Sanitary Worker in Pakistan

April 15, 2024 — 04/15/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Christian sanitary workers for the government in Pakistan were fired without any reason. They haven’t been paid since they were unexpectedly fired, and many have...

Punjab Chief Minister Celebrates Easter with Christians

April 4, 2024 — 4/3/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – In Lahore, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz celebrated Easter with a heartwarming message of love, compassion, and forgiveness. Nawaz fully embraced the joy of...

Suspicious Fire Destroys Pakistan Church Before Easter

April 3, 2024 — 04/03/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) -- A Presbyterian Church in Pakistan was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Saturday, March 30. The 3:00 a.m. blaze occurred in...