Asian Human Rights Commission: 'Pakistan Police Are Not Protecting Christians'

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has recognized that police in Pakistan are doing very little to protect Christians.
 
According to the Indian Express, the commission has collected data over the last several months that  revealed that Muslims residing in Chak 44, a Punjab province, have turned aggressive towards Christians living in the area. 

AHRC claims that Muslims have given believers two options -- convert to Islam or leave their village. 
 
To date, 75 percent of the Christian villagers have left. 
 
The AHRC said in one report that police have done little to protect the community, which faces constant threat and the fear of unwarranted blasphemy allegations, from local clerics.
 
Recently, Muslim clerics demanded the villagers hand over Imran Masih, a young Christian who was accused of blasphemy for having anti-Islamic lectures on his cell phone. 

After finding Christian teaching on his cell phone, co-workers beat up Masih and locked him in a closet at work. Masih was able to get in touch with the Catholic Church Committee and told them about his confinement.
 
Catholic Church Committee members were able to rescue him, but three days after the incident religious scholars in the area made a decree against him, giving Muslim villagers permission to kill him. 
 
Masih fled the area, but Christians in his village have been confronted by Muslim villagers demanding for his life. 
 
They also live in fear of being attacked and having their houses burned down. 
 
According to the AHRC, the police feel that the issue is not. The believers say that the police have not spoken to any of them and don't patrol the area.
 
The AHRC has asked the Pakistan government to ensure the security of Christians and provide them with alternative safe houses. It has also written a separate letter to the UN asking for intervention.