Police in Pakistan refused to file charges in the case of a Christian mother who lost her unborn child in a Muslim co-worker’s attempt to rape her, Morning Star News reported.
Rakhil Nadeem Masih was eight months pregnant when a co-worker at a brick kiln near Clarakabad village in Kasur District, Punjab Province, attacked her in her living quarters at the kiln on Nov. 6, said her husband, Nadeem Masih.
He found her bleeding as the co-worker kicked and beat her, but after Masih took her to a government hospital, a doctor who stated that the violence led to her baby’s death refused to sign the medical report due to the influence of the Muslim kiln owner, Masih said. The kiln owner also influenced police, he said.
‘No progress’
Rights activist Napolean Qayyum told Christian Daily International/Morning Star News that the case was another example of how influential Muslims circumvent the law. Qayyum said he has filed a complaint with the office of the Punjab Inspector General of Police, “but there has been no progress on it.”
Pakistan remained at seventh for the second consecutive year on Open Doors’ 2024 World Watch List of the most difficult places to be a Christian.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written and originally published by Morning Star News.
