{"id":1157,"date":"2014-08-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/2014\/08\/15\/premier-christian-radio-asks-bpca-for-comment-on-increase-in-murders-within-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T07:39:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T06:39:08","slug":"premier-christian-radio-asks-bpca-for-comment-on-increase-in-murders-within-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/premier-christian-radio-asks-bpca-for-comment-on-increase-in-murders-within-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier Christian Radio asks BPCA for comment on increase in murders within Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today Premier Christian Radio questioned our Chairman Wilson Chowdhry on his thoughts regarding the increased deaths of Christian&#8217;s in Pakistan. &nbsp;Here is part of their report and an on-line snapshot recording of his fuller interview: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.premierchristianradio.com\/News\/World\/Huge-increase-in-Pakistan-Christian-killings\">&nbsp;(Click here)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"REX\/Ahmad Sidique\" alt=\"REX\/Ahmad Sidique\" src=\"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/pakistan-all-saints-church-bomb-main_article_image.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pic: Pakistani Christian women place flowers as they mourn suicide bombing victims at All Saints Church in northwest Pakistan&#8217;s Peshawar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Huge increase in Pakistan Christian killings<\/h4>\n<h6>Fri 15 Aug 2014<\/h6>\n<p>The number of Christians murdered in Pakistan has jumped by 121 in the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Between July 2013 and June 2014 128 believers died in the country whist 185 were injured.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the deaths were caused by a bomb attack at All Saints Church in Peshawar.<\/p>\n<p>Islamist group Jundallah claimed responsibility for the twin bombs on 22 September 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The attack was the deadliest on the Christian minority in the history of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Figures from The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom show other violence included shootings and rapes.<\/p>\n<p>The report said: &#8220;The findings of the Project show that religious-based violence continues to persist, with little to no effective Pakistani government response at federal, provincial, or local levels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the attacks occurred in the context of general episodes of violence confronting the entire country, the overall climate for religious freedom continues to deteriorate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For instance, the past year saw several individuals sentenced to death for activity considered blasphemous.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Regarding attacks on religious groups, the government failed to take steps to hold perpetrators accountable or protect the vulnerable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Violence motived by hatred of any religion in Pakistan accounted for 1,200 casualties including 430 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson Chowdhry from the British Pakistani Christian Association told Premier&#8217;s News Hour the Pakistani government has to make changes: &#8220;The national curriculum demonises minority groups.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If a Christian goes to a police station their claim is automatically rejected if a Muslim speaks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The laws and constitution are biased against minorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hear more from Wilson Chowdhry:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Premier Christian Radio questioned our Chairman Wilson Chowdhry on his thoughts regarding the increased deaths of Christian&#8217;s in Pakistan. &nbsp;Here is part of their report and an on-line snapshot recording of his fuller interview: &nbsp;(Click here) Pic: Pakistani Christian women place flowers as they mourn suicide bombing victims at All Saints Church in northwest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - 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