Increasing discrimination, humiliation, vulgarity, vengeance, hatred, killings and harassments on a daily basis have dried up all tears from the eyes of Christians in Pakistan. The reality is a that behind those embankments of dry eyes is a huge flood, which is ready to burst open. When Christians leave the country they are considered as […]
Month: May 2015
Church attacked by armed assailants injuring six including pastor.
Armed assailants vandalized a church and beat six people including a pastor the second such attack to occur this week. The incident occurred Chakwal City (near Lahore) on Tuesday when a group of armed men attacked a church after allegedly being incited to violence by a local cleric. Pastor Suhail Masih and five other people […]
Lahore Christians face further attack after man accused of blasphemy
Many Christian families have fled Dhoop Sari after threats were made of a second impending attack. Sign our petition (click here) Violent clashes erupted in Dhoop Sari last night (24th May 2015), in a densely populated Christian Colony within Gulshan Ravi, an area of Lahore, after a 27 year old Christian man was accused of desecrating a Quran. The […]
The truth about Christians in Thailand
Pak-Christian refugees and asylum seekers obtain food parcels from the British Pakistani Christian Association BPCA Chairman Wilson Chowdhry recently visited Thailand to gain direct knowledge of the situation of Pakistani Christian refugees there. The BPCA had been aware it is very bad and being there confirmed that reality. He first went to an English speaking […]
Pak-Christians Face Asylum Ordeal in Thailand
by Christian Malik On Sunday, May 10th 2015 I met Mr. Wilson Chowdry who had just come to Bangkok last night. Mr. Wilson had come to Bangkok with a compassionate heart after hearing about the ordeal of Pakistani Christian Asylum seekers in Bangkok. He met me in a Church and asked me to share with […]
Iqbal Masih Pakistan’s Unsung Hero
by Alison Houghton I am certain that all of you will have heard of Malala Yousafazai. Female education activist and world-wide speaker, she was catapulted to international renown after she was shot three times by a Taliban gunman who boarded her school bus. In contrast, until recently, I had not heard of Iqbal Masih. To […]
Iqbal Masih Pakistan's Unsung Hero
by Alison Houghton I am certain that all of you will have heard of Malala Yousafazai. Female education activist and world-wide speaker, she was catapulted to international renown after she was shot three times by a Taliban gunman who boarded her school bus. In contrast, until recently, I had not heard of Iqbal Masih. To […]
Jaranwala community water project
Boring in Jaranwala begins. Many of you have been asking for a progress report on our Jaranwala water pump project and I am pleased to advise that the project is underway and we hope to have two of our pumps installed by the end of the week. Money for the project was given by a […]
Bomb Blast Victim’s Children Face Uncertainty
Mewish Bhatti (centre) with seven of the eight Masih children Please sign our petition (click here) By Mehwish Bhatti On Sunday 15th March twin bomb attacks occurred on two churches in Lahore killing 17 people and wounding at least 80 parishioners. An usher named Kushi Masih was at the church gate at the time the […]
Bomb Blast Victim's Children Face Uncertainty
Mewish Bhatti (centre) with seven of the eight Masih children Please sign our petition (click here) By Mehwish Bhatti On Sunday 15th March twin bomb attacks occurred on two churches in Lahore killing 17 people and wounding at least 80 parishioners. An usher named Kushi Masih was at the church gate at the time the […]