Since mid-June 2022, tens of thousands of people in Pakistan have been forced to flee their homes following deadly floods across Pakistan. The most recent inundation has resulted in the country’s prime minister warning that the “magnitude of the calamity is bigger than expected”. This statement was tweeted while he was being filmed in a helicopter delivering aid to deluge-hit areas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bRw0neqh2k Video: Evangelist Dharmoo Masih at Goth Ibrahim Khan Mari where some 20 Christian families are living in mud houses, has appealed for support Nearly 1,000 people have been killed in the floods since it began in mid-June, which…
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Image of Muqadas taken recently this year while 15 years old. A Christian girl was abducted from her home on 17th July 2022 from the village of Haloki in Kasur. Later it was discovered that Muqadas Labha (15 yrs) was abducted by Muhammad Naveed (35 yrs) from Okara district, 150km away. He had an accomplice name Muhammad Babar (32 yrs) who was also from the same village as Muqadas – Haloki. Mr Naveed now claims the 15 year old child willingly eloped and has now converted to Islam, a ploy frequently used by Muslims to capture vulnerable Christian girls. Muqadas…
The war between Russia and Ukraine continues on with severe ferocity. Little has come from attempted negotiations barring an agreement to secure safety for grain transport from the port of Odessa. An agreement that was broken by the Russians on the day after it was ratified, when they targeted the port with missiles (click here). An act which questions Russia’s credibility and commitment to the agreement that had been brokered by the UN and Turkey. Since that attack however no further attacks have been made and grain exports are being made to help reduce the global grain crises that has…
On 18th July 2022, we appealed for donations to cover costs for a new prosthetic leg for Aleeza Masih. Aleeza is enetering a period of growth that means she now requires a replacement prosthetic leg every 6 months or she will feel excessive pain. Ashiq Masih (52 yrs) her father was hoping to have the leg replaced before Aleeza restarted her learning at “Excellence English Medium School”, where mobility is needed. However the leg could not be replaced in time as the road from Quetta to Karachi was blocked, due flood damage caused by monsoon rains in Baluchistan. The…
Please sign and share widely our petition for Zafar Bhatti (here) Fears that Zafar Bhatti (55 yrs), Pakistan’s longest serving blasphemy convict could be the first ever to be lynched, heightened after a judge increased his sentence from life imprisonment to death on 3rd January 2022 (click here) Judge Sahibzada Naqeeb Shehzad, of Sessions Court Rawalpindi made this ruling despite clear physical and electronic evidence of the innocence of Zafar Bhatti. No forensic evidence exists for any blasphemy by Zafar Bhatti, in fact every piece of physical and electronic evidence suggests he is innocent. Zafar Bhatti however was convicted based…
A trivial dispute over the right for sewage water to travel past a Muslim shrine, resulted in the killing of a young Christian man and his mother. Read more (here) In October 2021 almost a year after the murder of Usman Masih RIP (25 yrs) and Yasmeen Bibi RIP (55 yrs), the killer Hasan Shakoor Butt was sentenced to death, however his mother Ishrat Bibi was shown leniency for her age, despite having begun the argument and calling for her son to murder Usman and Yasmeen. Read more (here) Shabir Masih widower of Yasmeen is now seeking a review of the decision…
A Muslim man residing in the Uk is hoping to reconnect with Christian friends he knew in Karachi from the 1970’s. If you are the couple known by him or know of there whereabouts now please do get in contact with the British Asian Christian Association, through our email: admin@britishasianchristians.org My name is Maqsood Ahmed and I’m trying to find a couple I was friendly with, in 1970’s Pakistan. Let me start with Rubina Moor(e). She was from a Karachi Christian family hailing from the Tooting area in London. She met and married an Englishman who was an English teacher…
Young Pakistani Christian school girl awarded for her work in the community. Naomi Chowdhry dedicates 3 hours a week to help with the British Asian Christian Association, Meals for the Homeless Project. Naomi Chowdhry finally received her Jack Petchey Award which she had won in 2021. Due to COVID-19 concerns ceremonies were not held by all schools last year. This year the Epping Schools Ceremony was held on 11th July 2022, at the Sir James Hawkey Hall in Woodford from 7.30pm – 9.30pm. Naomi was given her award for the volunteering she has regularly been undertaking helping give food to…
The UK government hosted a human rights conference to urge increased global action on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) for all on 5th July. Read More (here). The conference brought together governments, parliamentarians, faith and belief representatives, and civil society. National governments represented at the conference were invited to co-sign 1 or more of a set of written statements. The set includes an overarching statement on the conference itself and thematic statements covering freedom of religion or belief issues. As with any Government conferences of this nature, the event inspired a number of fringe events and one that was…
After a Christian House Church was heckled and then attacked by members of a Hindu Nationalist Youth Movement on 3rd March 2022, BACA stepped in to help. Though the attack was instigated by the Hindu Youth, police arrested 4 men and 2 women from the church only. They charged them with running a lottery, forced conversions and causing religious hurt. This is despite a paucity of evidence. Christianophobic authorities, seem intent on prosecuting the beleaguered Pastor and members of his church, despite strong evidence to the contrary. Read more (here). https://youtu.be/VA8xOng7JHE After the attack and the actions of the local…