MAKKI: Police in Punjab saved a Christian couple from a Muslim mob who were attempting to lynch them for allegedly committing blasphemy, and later arrested a cleric for inciting the violence, a senior officer said Thursday.
Several pictures have been posted by several Palestinians on Twitter and Facebook of Christian Palestinians providing water to their Muslim compatriots stuck in traffic during Iftar and unable to break their fast.
LAHORE: Raged at deadly twin suicide bombings at churches in Lahore that claimed 14 lives on Sunday, the Christian community took to the streets on second consecutive day in different cities of Punjab, blocked roads and raised slogans against the government, ARY News reported Monday.
AMMAN: Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitoring group that tracks violence in Syria said on Tuesday.
ISTANBUL: A leading Turkish actress said she has been subjected to a welter of insults on social media since she acting as a translator for Pope Francis during his visit to Turkey in November.
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq said on Monday that incident of Kot Radha Krishan has brought defamation to image of the country and Islam, ARY News reported.
KASUR: The law enforcement agencies on Thursday nabbed three more suspects in connection to the killing of Christian couple who were burned to death in Kot Radha Krishan on allegations of desecrating pages of the Holy Quran, ARY News reported.
LAHORE: A Christian woman, Asiya Bibi, condemned to death four years ago for blasphemy is losing hope that she will be freed or pardoned, her husband, who lives in hiding because of his wife's conviction, told AFP Friday.
SEOUL: Pope Francis arrived in the South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday, where he will spend five days traveling around the country and meeting some of South Korea's five million Catholics on the first trip by a pontiff to Asia since 1999.