The recent judgment of Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court in the case of 12-year-old Christian girl Maria Shahbaz has triggered protests, concern, and deep unease — not only within Pakistan but across the international human rights community. For many, this is not simply a controversial ruling; it is a test of whether the law can truly protect the most vulnerable, or whether it can be manipulated to legitimise their exploitation.
Pakistan’s defence minister has said the country is in “open war” with Afghanistan, after Islamabad launched airstrikes on Kabul as part of a wave of attacks across the country.
“Our patience has now run out,” said Khawaja Muhammad Asif following the attacks.
The strikes came after the Afghan Taliban announced a major offensive against Pakistani military posts near the border on Thursday night.
The latest attacks follow months of clashes between the two neighbouring nations, despite agreeing to a fragile ceasefire in October.
I wish them a long and bloody conflict.
Pakistan VS Afghanistan.
Both sides chant "Allahu Akbar".
Both sides praise Allah for killing the other side.Fewer evil people in this world.
Good luck to both sides. pic.twitter.com/hrLFjaC0lX— Eli Afriat 🇮🇱 (@EliAfriatISR) February 26, 2026
A federal court in Pakistan on February 3rd granted custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl, Maria Shahbaz, to a Muslim man who had kidnapped her, converted her to Islam, and ‘married’ her.
Judges rejected the birth certificate Maria’s parents provided, which proved her age. Furthermore, the judges disregarded earlier judicial findings that the marriage was illegal, Safdar Chaudhry, chairperson of rights group Raah-e-Nijaat Ministry, told Christian Daily International–Morning Star News.
The Army of Mohammed (Jaish-e-Mohammed — JeM), one of Pakistan’s too-many-to-count jihadist terrorist groups, recently launched its first-ever women’s wing.
The “Congregation of the Believing Women” (Jamaat-ul-Mominaat) was launched on October 9, 2025, and hosted by JeM’s training facility, “Center of Usman and Ali,” (Markaz Usman-o-Ali) in Bahawalpur, a city in the southeast of Pakistan’s Punjab Province.
Father Rico, a priest with the Order of St. Elias in Argentina, and a Christian layman named Diego, have been traveling through Pakistan “with the sole purpose of freeing Christian slaves.” In 2025 they managed to free 110 Christians, and 200 in 2024, thanks to the donations they collected to help free the slaves. — persecution.org, November 21, 2025, Pakistan
Canada’s government imports these monsters.
Israeli officials report that three countries have agreed to Washington’s request to participate in a postwar Gaza “International Stabilization Force” (ISF). The identities of all three have not been disclosed, though Indonesia may be one of them. Earlier reports also identified Pakistan as a possible contributor to the ISF.
In addition, Pakistan does not officially recognize Israel, and has never designated Hamas as a terrorist organization. It may well have an interest in making sure that Hamas can continue its “resistance” — meaning terrorism.
As a high-level European Union monitoring mission is expected to visit Pakistan on November 24, hundreds are in jail in the country on charges of blaspheming Islam.
Blasphemy is an offense officially punishable by death in Pakistan. In the past decade, vigilantes have murdered dozens of people in mob violence following blasphemy accusations. And the trend of use of those laws to target Christians, as well as other religious minorities, is increasing.
In Pakistan, hundreds of women are killed every year after being accused of “dishonoring” their families.
Fattu Shah is a remote village in the north of Pakistan’s Sindh province. The drive from the nearest city, Ghotki, takes more than an hour. The road narrows as it cuts through cotton fields and winds around clay-brick houses scattered across endless stretches of farmland.
It’s a journey Aisha Dharejo has made countless times. For the past 15 years she has been researching what locals call “the graveyard for dishonored women.”
“Each grave reveals the story of a woman that has been silenced,” Dharejo told DW.
Pakistan is engulfed in a deepening crisis of religious intolerance and systemic persecution. This year has witnessed a disturbing surge of violence, discrimination and institutional complicity. Christian, Ahmadiyya and Hindu communities have particularly been targeted.
Despite repeated calls for reform and international condemnation, Pakistan’s failure to protect its most vulnerable citizens has left a trail of shattered lives, desecrated places of worship, and a society increasingly fractured by hate.
Pakistan is one of the world’s most repressive regimes, as it systematically targets dissidents—critics as well as members of ethnic and religious minorities. Such targeting occurs in various ways, including through abductions, arrests, torture, and murders. As a result, many critics flee the country and seek asylum elsewhere, hoping for a freer and safer life. Yet, even in exile, they are targeted and persecuted by Pakistan’s Intelligence Services (ISI).
The wave of hatred and violence against Christians in Pakistan has continued for decades. Burning homes, destroying Christian crosses and churches, setting the Holy Bible on fire, and even burning people alive demonstrate the extreme prejudice and hostility embedded in the hearts of extremist elements. This behavior is not accidental but is part of a deliberate plan aimed at intimidating and weakening Christians by desecrating their religious symbols.
According to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), there are 51 Muslim-majority countries. Yet, none of them treats non-Muslim communities with respect and dignity. The brutality that Muslim regimes and societies inflict on non-Muslims is extreme — and children are often the target.
When it comes to discrimination against non-Muslim children, including Hindus and Christians, Pakistan is one of the most radical and alarming cases.
The harrowing cases of Mahak Siddique and Alshaba Adnan expose a deeply disturbing pattern of violence, exploitation, and systemic failure in addressing crimes against underage girls from minority communities in Pakistan. Babar son of Mukhtar, operating under aliases such as Ghulam Rasool and Muhammad Babar Ali, emerges as a serial predator who manipulates religious institutions to perpetrate kidnapping, forced conversion, rape, and child marriage. These acts, committed with impunity and aided by accomplices including Muhammad Aftab, Shan Masih, and Khurram Masih, reveal a chilling disregard for human dignity and legal accountability.
After 23 years on death row, a 72-year-old Christian in Pakistan, Anwar Kenneth, was acquitted of blasphemy this past June by the country’s Supreme Court.
Kenneth, a Catholic, was arrested in 2001 for sending letters deemed blasphemous towards Islam’s Prophet Mohammad and the Quran. He was charged under Section 295-C of Pakistan’s blasphemy law, which carries a mandatory death sentence.
In July 2002, a Lahore court sentenced him to death after he pleaded guilty, declaring, “God is my counsel.”
The Pakistan Government has lobbied for Pakistan International Airlines to fly to Britain in return for grooming gang rapists being deported from the UK, GB News can reveal.
Whitehall sources told GB News that three men born in Pakistan who were found guilty of grooming gang offences are the subject of ongoing diplomacy between the British Government and Islamabad.
Pakistan International Airlines remains banned from flying to and from Britain due to safety concerns.
