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Pressure on the Christian minority in Pakistan continues unabated, but we received more concrete figures on specifics. The number of killings remains at about one per month. The same figure can be quoted for those arrested (mostly on blasphemy charges). Kidnapping and physical harassment occur even more frequently. Attacks on property of Christians and churches occur almost every week. Discrimination at all levels of society is a daily affair. Pressure from society will almost always result in preventing church construction. A new church must be a certain distance from a mosque, medressa or Muslim cemetery. So if a church is planned in a spot that meets those requirements, a (temporary) mosque is erected first. There is no need for permission for them. The improved statistics and the restrictions in church building are the main causes of the deterioration of Pakistan’s score.
Situation January 2009