Pakistan’s ‘Blasphemy Business’ Leaves Christian Families Shattered

March 17, 2026 World News

Families protest outside Lahore Press Club on Dec. 30, 2025, for 22-year-old Fatima Jahangir, who died in custody at Kot Lakhpat Prison on April 2, 2024, after alleged torture and neglect following a blasphemy charge. Inset: Imran Rehman, 35, has been detained since his September 2022 arrest on blasphemy-related charges.

Recent reports and investigations point to a coordinated network that lures victims online and uses blasphemy laws to extort and entrap — with devastating human consequences.

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