Image of Nawab Bibi outside Adiala Jail, Rawlpindi, with the regular goods that British Asian Christian Association has been providing for Zafar Bhatti. 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 evidence suggests he…
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DofE volunteer Naomi Chowdhry helping one of our regular visitors receive some food. We have had a very difficult period trying to run our homeless centre while our main volunteer Rajeshri Chouhan has been off recovering from a very severe bout of COVID-19. Rajeshri had been double vaccinated but was hit hard by the virus after spending time with her sister for Christmas. Juliet Chowdhry had to manage the centre on her own for a while, but her daughter Naomi Chowdhry has been helping on some days, as she works towards her bronze award for the Duke of Edinburgh Award…
British Asian Christian Association continues to collect and send unwanted clothes, toys, household goods and other useful items to deprived families in Pakistan. We are able to collect items from any home in London as long as they are willing to pay the cost of fuel for our driver to travel from Ilford to your home, office or other venue. We can only collect items that are reusable, clean, operational and of value to the families that we support. In Pakistan we work with several churches in Lahore to ensure that needy families are aware of how and where to…
Image: Shabir Masih now lives alone. 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…
Mika Niikko, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Finland has written to Riaz Fatyana, Chair of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice, National Assembly of Pakistan in regards to the verdict to apply a death sentence to Zafar Bhatti, Pakistan’s longest serving blasphemy victim. Despite any evidence other than a forced confession under a brutal police interrogation. Every other physical an forensic evidence indicates Zafar Bhatti is innocent. Pakistan law adheres to the same ideals as English law requiring criminal cases to be proven beyond reasonable doubt. But this case from the outset has been doubtful and the…
BACA wrote to our supporters just before Christmas and explained how the orphans of Shama and Shahzad a Christian couple burned alive in a brick kiln, were seeking two laptops to help with their education. Read more (here) https://youtu.be/mt9HO3ZYB28 BACA have remained very much a part of this families life from the beginning of the childrens’ troubled life without their parents. Our live-in-nanny funded through your donations has ensured the three children have had a maternal figure in their lives and they love her to bits. Our officers regularly visit the family to make sure they are growing strong as…
A deadly blizzard that caused several avalanches, the likes of which has not been seen in 30 years in Pakistan, killed at least 22 people, including a family of 5 and a family 8. On Friday 7th January 5ft of snow fell down in Murree a popular tourist location to the North East of Pakistan. Pre-notification of large snow fall on Pakistan’s media led to an above average number of visits to famous town. Local parking areas designed by the British in the 1800’s were sufficient for for up to 5000 cars, but over 100,000 vehicles turned up. As snow…
Image of Aleeza Ashiq Masih with her family. She is now 5 years old and her growth rate is more pronounced meaning she requires two limb upgrades each year. Aleeza Masih (5 yrs) was only 1.5 years old when she survived the brutal terrorist attack on Quetta Church on 17th December 2017, (click here). The attack on Bethel Memorial Methodist Church during a Nativity service, killed 9 people and would have been worse had it not been for the bravery of Christian security Officers (click here). Gunmen prevented from entering church by security officer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMqTP_bkXOg Warning below is a graphic…
Image: Nawab Bibi armed with her Bible attends Rawalpindi District Court with a BACA officer. Fears that Zafar Bhatti, Pakistan’s longest serving blasphemy convict could be the first ever to be lynched have increased after a judge increased his sentence from life imprisonment to death. Judge Sahibzada Naqeeb Shehzad, of Sessions Court Rawalpindi made this ruling despite clear 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 forced into a false confession by police in…
Image downloaded from twitter account of Mo Salah. Mo Salah like Amir Khan joins a list of Muslim sports players who have been condemned by some Muslims for celebrating Christmas. Mo Salah one of the planets most famous Muslim footballers has been castigated by numerous Muslims for sharing pictures on Twitter of himself celebrating Christmas with his family. RT News in an article translated some of the messages in Arabic under Mo Salah’s twitter image into English. They read as follows; “You prostrate to the one on Sunday if you score a goal and celebrate the one on Sunday that…