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 […]
Unsuspecting Pakistani pastor entrapped in fraud scheme by church newcomer who spun a web of deceit
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. […]
Battle for 12 y/o forced marriage victim continues in Islambad family court as her rapist launches appeal
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 […]
Motive still indeterminate a week after Pak-Canadian Toronto mass shooter shatters Greektown
Image of wreath and banners of peace placed by BPCA volunteer at the site of Danforth attack where a shrine of rememberance 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 […]
Pak-Christians welcome Cardinal Joseph Coutts appointment at Karachi ceremonial dinner
A celebration dinner was held for the appointment of Cardinal Joseph Coutts, who became Pakistan’s first Roman Catholic Cardinal since Joseph Cordeiro who died of a protracted illness on February 11th 1994 after himself being appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1973. Read more (here). Upon his appointment on 29h June 2018, Cardinal Coutts […]
No knives better lives!
After a rise in teen violence in the London Borough of Redbridge, a Green Lane based group held a vigil in honour of victims of violent crime in hope of sending a strong message of unity and solidarity amongst local youth. The East Ilford Betterment Partnership a constituted community group made up of local residents […]
Christians brace for further marginalization with zero representation in the National Assembly as blasphemy law proponents seize power
Ink stains the thumb of a Pakistani voter – voting by thumb print is a system that allows corruption . Former cricketer Imran Khan is declaring his party – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has the right to form the new government in his nation’s 2018 national election. Christians are bracing for a season of no representation under […]
Youths concerned about growing street violence to hold peace vigil at Redbridge Peace Monument
Dozens of teenagers have committed themselves to spend time in Ilford Town Centre engaging with children and teenagers during the first week of the summer holidays, in their attempts to promote peace, love and unity in Redbridge. Over the last few months Redbridge Council has agreed a monthly schedule of community events with British Pakistani […]
Unwanted goods help Pak-Christians make ends meet in Pakistan
Image of BPCA sorting centre where unwanted goods are cleaned and packaged to be given to deprived Christian families in Pakistan. We continue to collect second-hand items and send them across to Pakistan to helped deprived families. Since we started this project we have sent across 32 large consignments of clothes, toys and books and […]
Shooters shatter altar at Catholic youth meeting, then threaten arson in land grab attempt!
A Catholic Church in Harsan Kot Chak 165, in the district of Samundari, 36 km from Faisalabad came under attack on the evening of 13th July 2018 when four armed men fired bullets at the front wall and entry. The incident began at 6pm when a 17 year old teenager named Shan Jalal was walking […]