The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar on Saturday announced that the Supreme Court will hear Asia Bibi’s appeal against her blasphemy case soon. He also gave an order for a restoration of full security provisions to Asia Bibi’s counsel Advocate Said Ul-Malook Justice Nisar directed the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IG), Capt. (R) Arif Nawaz Khan, to restore the provision of police security to Saif Ul-Malook. In his remarks, Justice Nisar explained that he personally knows Saif Ul-Malook and stated that he believes that his requests for additional protective security protocol are legitimate. The Supreme Court had…
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Gendercide is a growing problem in South Asia that has had undeniable consequences for both families and society. The disproportionate birth and infant survival rate in India and Pakistan is undeniable at almost every age yet their comparative rivalry can blind them to solutions. Shockingly in 2013 Pakistan lauded their ranking on the gender inequality index, by reporting theirs was better than India! (click here) While Pakistan has at times bested India, it was only slightly better and they lost an valuable opportunity for sustained improvement. Comparatively in 2016 Pakistan was ranked the second worst country for gender equality and and…
The killing of a Lahore-based 35 year old Christian father who was shot in the doorway of local Muslim man’s home has sparked huge controversy after police failed to register a crime until his dead body was paraded through the streets in a protest outside Lahore press club. Even then only one national newspaper covered the story in one paragraph (click here). Pakistani Christians allege protests in which murdered bodies are dragged through the street with hundreds mourning are the only way to get police authorities to file crime reports affecting minority communities. Earlier reports named three culprits, but only one…
On 16th August 2018, a worker at Lahore High Court, Vicky Saleem Masih (30 yrs) brutally killed. Initial reports implicated three men named Mohammad Abbas, and two others, but only one has been charged with the murder. Though Vicky used the surname ‘Masih’ to identify as a Christian, the name on his identity card is actually ‘Bhatti’. Vicky Masih was shot in cold blood when gunmen opened fire, the reason for the murder was first considered unknown but later chalked up to a dispute between Vicky Bhatti and Mohammad Abbas in a local news paper. The police have registered an…
On August 8th 2018 the Pakistan High Commission in the UK held a Seminar on the, Contributions of Minorities of Pakistan in Nation Building held at the High Commission’. The event was attended by about 50 people including our Chairman Wilson Chowdhry. The event was the event was jointly organised by the High Commission and the World Congress of Overseas Pakistanis (WCOP) to pay tribute to the significant contribution of minorities of Pakistan in the fields of health, education, defence, politics and other areas of socio-economic development. Speakers included Rev. Rana Youab Khan, Arif Anis Malik of WCOP, Ms. Soonu Engineer, Rev.…
On 2 August at about 6:30 pm in the evening a 16-year-old Christian boy was brutally beaten by a Muslim gang after witnessing a clash between them and another rival gang. At 6:30 pm on 2nd August 2018 two gangs of Muslim youths: the Mehboob Alam group and Sherafghan group, had a street fight in front of Vishal Masih’s home. Innocent Christian, Vishal Masih was standing outside his house and saw this fight even though it was over a quickly as it had started. The Mehboob Alam nephews not finished with their contentions and shame-faced at their loss of the…
Image taken as BPCA volunteers are about to pray at site of our potential new school for enslaved children – a school that will be the first of its kind! Learn more about the Tim Iqbal Memorial School (here) As midsummer passes and parents and students alike start to anticipate the return of the school year we want to draw your attention to the educational concerns that Pakistani-Christians face. We invite people everywhere to pray for those returning to school and for those who are unable to receive an education due to discriminatory practices they must deal with in Pakistan. These…
Image of self-styled Muslim convert to Christianity Faheem. A Pakistani-Christian pastor and his family from Lahore, Pakistan are in hiding and fear for their lives after a new Christian convert from Islam won his way into the minister’s favour and became associated with the church and then allegedly committed fraud against members of the community. After a fellow minister concerned about the pastor’s welfare requested an officer from the British Pakistani Christian Association to investigate, one of our officers Zeeshan Masih, travelled to Pastor Aamir Javed (34 yrs), to see how we could help. BPCA officer Zeeshan with Pastor Aamir …
A Pakistani Christian girl who was returned to her parents by the courts earlier this year after she was abducted and forced into an Islamic marriage at the tender age of 12 years old now has yet another legal battle to face in the family court. Despite her being too young to give consent to marry; a fact which was determined by her birth certificate, a court ordered a medical examination and witnesses along with the judge ruling that her forced conversion was invalid, the man who is facing criminal charges had made an appeal and is insisting that this…
Image of wreath and banners of peace placed by BPCA volunteer at the site of Danforth attack where a shrine of remembrance has formed. On Sunday 22nd July a gunman armed with what one witness called “a pistol or a hand gun” shot 15 people, injuring 13 and ending lives of two young women aged 10 and 18 years. The attack occurred in a popular restaurant district known as Greektown on Danforth Street referred to affectionately by locals as simply “The Danforth”. After ISIS claimed responsibility the police argued there was not yet enough evidence to support that and they…