Christian nurses saved from mob after blasphemy claim in Pakistan
Bishop Rehmat leads Catholic delegation to meet police as priest claims nurses are being targeted by unfounded allegations
Bishop Indrias Rehmat (right) with a Catholic delegation at Civil Lines Police Station in Faisalabad on April 9. (Photo supplied)
Two Christian nurses were rescued by policemen from an enraged mob after being accused of blasphemy by their hospital’s staff in Pakistan.
Staff nurse Mariam Lal and student nurse Newish Urooj were detained by police after a first information report (FIR) under section 295-B of the blasphemy law was made by Dr. Mirza Muhammad Ali of Civil Hospital, Faisalabad.