BPCA Lead Officer Mehwish Bhatti met three of Shama and Shezad’s children on one of her regular visits to Lahore on 1st October 2018. She found the children healthy and in good spirits and spent a day providing good company to children who have come to think of her as a special aunt. Suleman (9 […]
Final death penalty appeal for Asia Bibi will be heard by Supreme Court judges
An Image of Ashiq Masih and his daughter at Lancaster University has been taken down in the interest of their safety. After repeated rejection on Monday 8 October 2018 the long awaited final appeal to prevent the execution of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, will be heard at Pakistan’s Supreme […]
Shama and Shazad's children showing remarkable recovery and progress
BPCA Lead Officer Mehwish Bhatti met three of Shama and Shezad's children on one of her regular visits to Lahore on 1st October 2018. She found the children healthy and in good spirits and spent a day providing good company to children who have come to think of her as a special aunt. Suleman (9 […]
Pak-Christian man blinded in vicious assault hides with his family, waits for court, and hopes for surgery
Pak-Christian man blinded in vicious assault hides with his family, waits for court, and hopes for surgery KARACHI: A Christian man who was severely beaten to blindness and his family have been shifted to a safe house in a secret location after a two week period of serious threats to their lives. Vikram Masih appealed […]
Special Pakistan blasphemy guests to join events line-up
A FATHER and daughter from Pakistan will be coming to the UK to give first-hand testimony about a blasphemy case of deep concern to the country’s Christian community. At this stage they cannot be named for security reasons, but more details are due to be released when they arrive in the UK. They will be […]
Pak-Christian family flee home after home invasion and arson attack by Muslim gang.
A Christian family from Gujar Khan is hiding in fear after a gang of six Muslim brothers from their neighbourhood descended upon their home and assaulted all the family members that were in the house. On 20th September 2018 at 1pm Bashir Masih (58 yrs) and his wife Grace Masih (60 yrs) were attacked while […]
Documenting ethnic church history leads to unity and societal understanding
BPCA has for sometime been trying to prove the origins of the first ever Asian Christian Church in the UK. However time after time we have been thwarted by individuals in our community who have cast aspersions on the intent of our work. Every elderly Pakistani Christian you meet believes that they were the founders […]
RIP Shanti Shaheen 1st July 1946 – 18th September 2018
L-R Najeeb Chowdhry, Shanti Chowdhry; nephew Wilson Chowdhry with his sister Rebecca Chowdhry My Aunty Shanti Shaheen Chowdhry wife of my fathers elder brother Najeeb Chowdhry (RIP) passed away on the 18th September after seven years of a battle with severe dementia. She is a former resident of Haji Pur and attended Sialkot Haji Pur […]
Concerns about the onset of dementia for Asia Bibi leads to 21km run to raise awareness of her plight
To raise the plight of Asia Bibi and millions of other Christians faced with either deep set discrimination or severe persecution in Pakistan, a team of international humanitarian leaders from the community converged in Zurich to plan how to get the nation of Switzerland aware. In attendance were key figures from around the globe including […]
Catholic Church of India rocked by allegations of rape of nun by Bishop
An Indian Bishop has been accused of repeatedly raping a nun in Kerala during his visits to the Missionaries of Jesus Convent in Kerala. Bishop Franco Mulakkal has been temporarily removed from his post 2.5 months after the allegations surfaced, in a slow action that has been condemned by many Indian people of all diversities. […]