Advocate Rana Hafeez receives his fee from Kanwal Amar BPCA legal officer.
BPCA have appointed solicitor Rana Hafeez to challenge for freedom for Pervaiz Masih and exoneration of the church congregation at Christian life Ministries
Church in Faisalabad, who were falsely accused of a blasphemy. Our officer Kanwal Amar a former Tehsil councillor paid the solicitors fee of
45,000 rupees (£300), on 27th June 2016. He was joined at Mr Hafeez’s office by Pastor Kamal Chaughtai a former Member of Punjab Assembly,
head of the church. Please pray for success with this legal battle that has alarmed parishioners.
Kanwal Amar said:
“An innocent man still remains behind bars and his family would normally face starvation, had it not been for the report reaching us. The only reason he is still behind bars is because he could not afford a legal representative, but we have resolved this. We will not stop until all the false charges have been removed from this innocent church. In a country rife with Islamic terrorism it seems that innocent Christians are being targeted by the anti-terrorism laws meant to be protecting them.”
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Advocate Rana Hafeez and Pastor Kamal Chaughtai
On 19th May 2016, on hearing loud screaming and wailing outside Christian Life Ministries Church, located at Christian Town, Faisalabad, parishioners
rushed out to the aid of two men who were being savagely beaten by local policemen. Police officers were viciously using the infamous ‘lathi’ (large
wooden truncheon) to torture the two Christian men.
Police officers report that they arrested the men for undertaking wheelies on the road, while the two men allege they intervened when the police officers
ogled and harassed women entering the church for Thursday evening prayers.
When the parishioners and Pastor Kamal Chaugtai a former elected Member of Punjab Assembly (MPA) came out to offer assistance, they provided a human
shield preventing the violent onslaught of the Christian men being targeted. The kind gesture by the church unnerved the police officers, who felt
threatened. In response the policemen shot indiscriminately in the air and in doing so one of the officers was injured.
Despite the absence of weapons amongst the parishioners the policemen called in reinforcements citing a terrorist act. Pastor Kamal and many others
were arrested and placed in a prison cell where they languished all night. Read full story (click here)
Women and children locked in police cell though innocent.
Pastor Kamal Chaughtai and Kanwal Amar
Official receipt