Protestantism in Pakistan
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Protestants are a minority of less than 2% of the population of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. In the 1990s Christians were imprisoned on blasphemy charges. There is an endeavour by some Muslims to convert Christians. In 2005 schools and churches were burned in an anti-Christian riot in the major city of Faisalabad
Faisalabad
Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...

. The Pakistani Anti-blasphemy-laws are used to terrorize religious minorities.

There have been a number of attacks on Pakistani Christians by Islamists in recent years.

List of denominations

  • Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
    Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
    Presbyterian Church of Pakistan is a major Protestant denomination of Pakistan. The Church of Pakistan is another Christian denomination. The Presbyterian Church of Pakistan has a membership of around 400,000. It was constituted in 1993. It belongs to the World Alliance of Reformed Churches as well...

  • Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Pakistan
    Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Pakistan
    Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Pakistan is a Protestant denomination of Pakistan that belongs to the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church...

  • United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan (formerly known as Siloam Biblical Christian Church of Pakistan)
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