Aftab Alexander Mughal

Aftab Alexander Mughal is the editor of Minority Concern Pakistan, and a former Executive Secretary of the Justice and Peace Commission of Pakistan.

Articles by Aftab Alexander Mughal

Catholics attend Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of Lahore, on Aug. 20, 2023, four days after mob attacked several Pakistani churches over blasphemy allegations. More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vandalized when hundreds rampaged through a Christian neighbourhood in Jaranwala in Punjab province on Aug. 16. Credit: ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images

Church responds to mob attack on Christians in Pakistan

May 31, 2024 / 15:40 pm

After the recent attack on Christians in Sargodha, Church officials strongly condemned the incident.

Christian devotees attend a prayer service at Sacred Heart Cathedral to celebrate Christmas in Lahore, Pakistan, on Dec. 25, 2021. A M Syed/ Shutterstock

Christians in Pakistan celebrate Christmas amid heightened security

Dec 28, 2022 / 17:15 pm

For the last few weeks, law enforcement agencies put into place comprehensive security arrangements for church services held on Christmas.

Members of the faithful attend an Easter Sunday Mass at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore, Pakistan, on April 17, 2022. A July 2022 report from the Center for Social Justice discussed the issues of blasphemy laws, forced conversion, and biased school curriculum for religious minorities in the country. Photo by ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images

Pakistani civil society rejects government’s allegations against Catholic-rights group

Aug 31, 2022 / 12:20 pm

The government of Pakistan maligned the group for “alleged anti-state propaganda” by submitting a human-rights report in July to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

A woman carrying a child walks along a street during a heavy rainfall in the flood-hit Dera Allah Yar town in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan, on Aug. 30, 2022. Aid efforts ramped up across flooded Pakistan to help tens of millions of people affected by relentless monsoon rains that have submerged a third of the country and claimed more than 1,100 lives. Photo by FIDA HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images

Pakistani Church leaders call for help for flood victims amid national emergency

Aug 30, 2022 / 10:00 am

More than 1,100 people have been killed, and more than 33 million people have been displaced or affected in some way since June.

School credits for Pakistan inmates should apply to non-Muslims, too, petition states

Mar 21, 2022 / 11:25 am

Inmates in Pakistan's Punjab province can cut their jail time by taking classes, but only Muslim inmates are given the opportunity, minority advocates claim.