Christian Daily International

Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally presents the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation to Pakistani cleric Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, accompanied by his wife, at Lambeth Palace in London on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.

Probe ties brother of Pakistani cleric stripped of Lambeth award to blasphemy network

A British newspaper investigation alleging that the brother of Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi is connected to a network accused of using Pakistan’s blasphemy laws to abduct, torture and extort people has raised fresh questions about Ashrafi’s own defense of his brother and the Church of Pakistan’s decision to endorse him as an advocate for religious harmony.
Asia Pakistan