Please sign our petition (click here) Today all day long I have been anxious and tense. As I write this story Christians in Pakistan face the bleakest night of their existence. On Sunday 15th March 2015 at 6am GMT two suicide bombers, coupled with one armed gunmen each, made their way to Christ Church in the […]
Month: March 2015
Pakistani Christians need your prayer and support now more than ever!
Ecumenical funeral brought 1000s of Christians together in mourning for their lost family. Please sign our petition and show solidarity with the persecuted Christians of Lahore (Click here) Dear all, I write this personal message in hope of galvanising support from any person of good conscience who feels any compassion for Pakistani Christians. The recent bomb attack […]
We are united against terrorism
L-R Mr Aqueel Sharif, Rev Shabaz Javed, Rev Noble Samuel, High Commissioner Syed Ibn Abbas, Mr Saeed Din, Dr Noshaba Khiljee and Wilson Chowdhry. The BPCA Chairman met with the Pakistan High Commissioner for Pakistan in the UK, Syed Ibne Abbas, to discuss the Lahore twin church Bomb attack and the ongoing tensions between Christians […]
BBC Interview BPCA Chairman Wilson Chowdhry on Church Bombings in Lahore
On Sunday 15th March 2015 two suicide bombers attacked two different churches in Youhanabad, killing 17 people instantly and injuring a further 82. The BBC interviews British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) Chairman for more details on this event and the plights of Christians living in Pakistan.
Lahore twin church Bombing update
Christian mother and son wail of over her lost son. By Shamim Masih After receiving a text from Wilson Chowdhry at 5am GMT on Sunday, I immediately set out to investigate the twin bombing at Youhanabad. I arrived there close to 1pm due to many roads being blocked and the poor weather, heavy rain. I could see immediately that there was considerable […]
Pakistani Christian campaigner receives Anonymous threat!
In the wake of the double suicide bombings in Lahore, a Facebook persona claiming to be acting on behalf of the anarchist hackers group Anonymous placed a threatening post on a major Pakistani Christian Facebook community making false moral equivalence between the Taliban-terrorist group that has claimed responsibility for the bombings on the church services […]
Two churches bombed in Christian community of Yohanabad in Lahore! Please pray!
Mourners weep over the lost. For the update on the situation in Lahore please click here. We have received reports that two churches in the Christian community of Yohanabad have been bombed this morning. Early reports suggest that 14 people have died including a child and a police officer and 70 parishioners of the […]
Minority 5% recruitment quota still ignored despite constitutional reform in 2009
Since September 2009, all government departments have been bound by constitutional decree to implement a set 5 quota for religious minorities when recruiting, but a member of the selection committee in this case appointed his own son. Mr Ashraf said that the Department was prejudiced against him because he is a Christian and also alleged that […]
Arrests of 400 Thailand Pak-Christian refugees causes international concern
Dated:13/3/15, Bangkok –Thailand: Urgent message received from Rev Patrick Sarooj (sic): Thai Immigration Police and the Army raided the rooms of asylum seekers living in Samrong district. It was like an operation against Criminals. Asylum seekers were hidden inside their washrooms with their families kept calling around to other asylum seekers for prayers, calling UNHCR […]
Ilyas masih father of Sherish and Farzana determined to get justice!
Sarwar Masih a witness, Mushtaq Gill and the father of Sherish and Farzana, Ilyas Masih, determined for justice after submission of power of attorney at Jaranwala Trial Court. For more details on the two sisters please click here Today Mushtaq Gill submitted the power of attorney for Ilyas Masih, the father of Sherish and Farzana, […]