Ten Pakistani Christians asylum seekers in Thailand were arrested yesterday from a place called Udom Suk. Among the arrested are a partially paralyzed man and a pregnant woman, and there is fear in the community that their health will be compromised under the brutal conditions of the Immigration Detention Centre, where 7 people have already […]
Compulsory Quranic study in Pakistani schools causes angst amongst beleaguered Christians
Pakistan’s increasingly extremist Government have recently announced that learning the Quran will be mandatory for school and college students of all ages. Moreover, 15 minutes of Quranic scripture recitations and prayers are to be conducted every day. Yesterday the State Minister for Federal Education and Professional Learning, Balighur Rahman said: We have already consulted over […]
Pak-Christian Asylum seeker set free after 9 month incarceration in brutal Thai detention centre
Mehwish Anna with her husband Sajjad Chand and daughters Sataish and Prisicla. A Pakistani Christian asylum seeker was set free after a brutal 9 month period of incarceration in the notorious Immigration Detention Centre of Bangkok. Mehwish Anna was arrested on 10th September 2015 after she ventured out of her home and went to a […]
Christian Ice-cream seller brutally beaten for fear of evil spirit contamination of ice-creams
Image of Khaleel Masih and his children Alisha (12 years), Rabia (11 years), Anisha (10 years), Mafia (6 years), Khalid (5 years), Sadia (4 years) at his home. A Christian man was brutally beaten by close to thirty Muslim men when he undertook his regular ice-cream rounds at a village in Kasur. Khaleel Masih (42 […]
Converts to Christianity seeking asylum in the UK rejected on very spurious grounds!
Wilson Chowdhry Chairman BPCA, Revd Rana Youab Rana, Bridget John and Morris John PMRO, speaking at Westminster evidence hearing sessions. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Freedom (APPGRM) have reported that asylum claims from converts to Christianity are being unfairly rejected because officials are making basic mistakes about the faith and what followers […]
Lahore Provincial Government’s forced church land aquisition leads to legal battle over ownership of four of the oldest churches in Pakistan
A government written order was sent to Lahore Cathedral Church (est 1877) on 10th March this year seeking forced acquisition of land from their school on the MacLeod Road side of their estate. The letter immediately triggered a panic amongst clergy and parishioners alike. The letter demanded sale of the Cathedral land quoting acquisition laws […]
Lahore Provincial Government's forced church land aquisition leads to legal battle over ownership of four of the oldest churches in Pakistan
A government written order was sent to Lahore Cathedral Church (est 1877) on 10th March this year seeking forced acquisition of land from their school on the MacLeod Road side of their estate. The letter immediately triggered a panic amongst clergy and parishioners alike. The letter demanded sale of the Cathedral land quoting acquisition laws […]
Christian women and children arrested for terrorism seek justice!
Brother of Kamal Chaugtai, daughters of Pervez Younus Khokhar and BPCA’s Naveed Aziz. Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism (amendment) Act 2013 was introduced ostensibly to help bolster and empower government agencies, equipping them to crack down on terrorism financing or as stated “strengthen the provision concerning the offences of terrorism financing and to provide more effective enforcement measures […]
Despair for Faisalabad Christians after Police arrest dozens for alleged terrorism
Several men and women were arrested outside Christian Life Ministries Church in Faisalabad on May 19th 2016. The incident took place at a place called Christian Town; which is a predominantly Christian locality of the city. Witnesses have spoken to the BPCA and have advised us that the arrests were apparently conducted under anti-terrorism laws, […]
Christian Boy 14 Years Old Murdered for wasting horse feed!
A Christian boy of only 14 years was murdered 8th May 2016 for wasting horse food and then hung from the rafters of a barn where he was employed, to create the impression of a suicide. Suleman Hadayat Masih a resident of Chehl Kalan village in Gujaranwala was a bright, hardworking but illiterate youth, with a talent […]