International Sindhi Women Organisation, British Pakistani Christian Association and Hindu Human Rights Group held a collaborative peaceful demonstration in front of 10 Downing Street, London, on Saturday 19th June 2016. A petition was submitted to Prime Minister David Cameron calling for action against the increasing human rights violations against women in Pakistan. Campaigners decided to […]
Brick Kiln worker bashed because he sought fair pay!
A Christian brick-kiln laborer was brutally beaten after he demanded his full wages on Sunday 20th June 2016. 19 year old Nadeem Masih had been working for in excess of 12 months at a brick kiln, located at Chuniyaan District in the city of Kasur. During his pre-contract discussion with the kiln manager Nadeem Masih […]
Police slap and beat Pastor before congregation for over exuberant worship
Parishioners at a church in Lahore were abruptly forced to stop their worship, when a Police officer shouted at them whilst yielding a gun and began to beat their Pastor before their eyes. United Pentecostal Church located at Fazlia Colony were thirty minutes into their 11:30 service, when 4 emergency Police officers responding to a […]
Teenage girl dead after Christian honour killing
A Christian man from Sialkot has murdered his sister in cold blood after she spoke of marrying her boyfriend whom the family did not approve. The attack took place at around 10pm on Friday June 10th 2016. During a fit of rage, Anum Masih (19 years) was bludgeoned to death with a piece of wood […]
Dating site for Asian Christians could provide romantic pathway to safe asylum
In response to numerous emails from Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Pakistani Christians, the British Pakistani Christian Association has created a new matrimonial website. ‘Shaadi4Christians’ seeks to change the dynamic of arranged marriages, whilst also creating global links that can stoke more independent romantic relationships leading to wholesome marriages. Read Christian Post article (click here) […]
Local Muslims aid small deprived Christian community build church
A Muslim community not far from Pakistan’s worst attack on a Chistian community have sought to help their fellow Pakistani citizens by assisting Christians in raising funds for a church. In 2009 the city of Gojra became a fiery furnace after 9 people including a bridegroom and bride were shot dead during a wedding ceremony. […]
Turning rags into riches!
Aftab Masih (40 years-old) was accused of blasphemy for drinking water from a local Mosque, an act that was said to have contaminated the water with evil spirits. Aftab lived near a local mosque and like many other local people, his family regularly drew water from the water tap outside the mosque as no other […]
Woman who lost foetus in violent attack now re-starting her life through new business.
Elishba Bibi was attacked by a Muslim family who refused to pay her the money she had earned for beautician work. Elishba was stripped naked and beaten with an iron rod causing her to miscarry while carrying her 5 month old foetus. To add insult to injury the brutal Muslim family stole her gold jewellery […]
No respite for Lahore Christians two years after mob attack on St Joseph’s community gun shots fired against church
BPCA officer Naveed Aziz surveys latest bullet holes in gates of St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Christians near St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Dhoopsari, Sandha in Lahore are no strangers to Islamic fundamentalism. The community was attacked, looted and partially burned in 2015 after a false allegation of blasphemy against currently incarcerated victim Humayun Masih. The province […]
No respite for Lahore Christians two years after mob attack on St Joseph's community gun shots fired against church
BPCA officer Naveed Aziz surveys latest bullet holes in gates of St Joseph's Catholic Church, Christians near St Joseph's Catholic Church, Dhoopsari, Sandha in Lahore are no strangers to Islamic fundamentalism. The community was attacked, looted and partially burned in 2015 after a false allegation of blasphemy against currently incarcerated victim Humayun Masih. The province […]