Churches Welcome Pakistan Promise to Ease Restrictions on Minority Faiths
October coup turns out to be beneficial to Christians as blasphemy laws are overhauled
By Anto Akkara in New Delhi | posted 5/4/00 | posted 5/01/2000 12:00AM
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Christianity Today's past coverage of Pakistani Christians includes:Pakistan's Christians 'Not Shocked' by Life Sentence for Former PM | Life has improved, persecution has eased under new leader, say church leaders (Apr. 13, 2000)
Pakistan's Despised Christians | Despite a Catholic bishop's protest suicide in 1998, Christians hold little hope for repeal of blasphemy law. (Apr. 26, 1999)
Islamic Law Proposal Raises Tensions (Dec. 7, 1998)
Pakistani Bishop's Death Sparks Riots (June 15, 1998)
Muslims Destroy Christian Village (Apr. 7, 1997)See also the Pakistan entries in the U.S. Department of State
Report on International Religious Freedom and
Country Report on Human Rights Practices.For the latest news on and from Pakistan, see
DAWN (Pakistan's biggest English-language newspaper),
The Pakistan Observer, the
BBC, and
Yahoo!'s full coverage.
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