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Church in Pakistan

What’s behind the latest killing of a Christian in Pakistan?

Nazir Masih is the latest victim of anti-Christian mob violence in the country - is there any hope of justice?

Luke Coppen
Jun 03, 2024
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The death of Nazir Masih, a Christian in his 70s, was announced Monday, nine days after he was attacked by a mob in Sargodha, a city in Pakistan’s Punjab province.

A street scene in Sargodha, Pakistan. Sikandar Sajid via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0).

The Catholics in Pakistan website published a photograph June 3 of Masih’s body being lowered into the earth in a…

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