{"id":461,"date":"2017-12-21T19:39:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T19:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/2017\/12\/21\/pakistani-christian-heroes-honoured-during-uk-parliament-event\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T05:28:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T04:28:29","slug":"pakistani-christian-heroes-honoured-during-uk-parliament-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/pakistani-christian-heroes-honoured-during-uk-parliament-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Christian Heroes honoured during UK Parliament event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Photo Credits:&nbsp; Esther Das<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association was one of 16 Pakistani Christians honoured for their commitment to uplifting<br \/>\n    beleagured Pakistani Christians, at at a UK Parliament event last night.&nbsp; Below is a press release from the APPG for Pakistani Minorities:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Pakistani Minorities, held a special Christmas celebration in UK Parliament on 19 December 2017. The UK&#8217;s Pakistani<br \/>\n    Christian community was well represented with over 60 members of the diaspora attending.<\/p>\n<p>The event was presided over by the AAPG Chair MP Jim Shannon and facilitated by the APPG Gen. Secretary Cllr. Morris Johns. The Rt. Rev Michael Nazir<br \/>\n    Ali, Lord Alton, The Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Lord Ahmed ( The Chief Guest) and many other dignitaries graced the<br \/>\n    event with their presence.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting opened with a minute\u2019s silent prayer for the martyrs of Quetta and concluded with a suggestion by Mr Morris John to post a Christmas Card<br \/>\n    to Asia Bibi to render a message of solidarity, encouragement and Christian love.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the meeting a Christmas Cake was cut and the Christmas carols sung in English and Urdu.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PFeM4z35fn0\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Pak-Award.jpg?Action=thumbnail&amp;algorithm=fill_proportional&amp;width=700\" width=\"700\"><br \/>\n    <br \/> <strong><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"> The following people were awarded the certificates: <\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Dr. Peter David, who has opened the doors of FC College, to thousands of Christian students, who were previously unable to afford the fees for higher<br \/>\n    studies.<\/p>\n<p> Mr. Mike Wakely, from the Starfish Asia, for supporting education, of about 8,000 Pakistani children from low-income families, as well as providing<br \/>\n    teacher training.<\/p>\n<p> Mr. Wilson Chowdhry, who has worked tirelessly over the years, to raise awareness about the persecution of Pakistani Christians, and provides ongoing<br \/>\n    practical solutions, through entrepreneurial training, Educational bursaries, Disaster relief and advocacy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Pakaward.jpg?Action=thumbnail&amp;algorithm=fill_proportional&amp;width=700\" width=\"700\"><br \/>\n    <br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> Cllr James Shera MBE,ex. 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During the past two years, he has written <u>100 published<\/u> article on the religious<br \/>\n    persecution in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p> Mr. Samson Javed is a leading Urdu journalist and the recipient of awards for: Best Writer, Best Journalist and Best Drama Writer.<\/p>\n<p> Rev Noble Samuel has setup the first Pakistani Christian TV channel in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Noble.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p> Mr. Qamar Rafique for organising the civic and church response from Bath, when St Paul\u2019s Church in Peshawar was attacked by terrorists.<\/p>\n<p> Professor Paul Anjum, for producing 19 detailed research based reports detailing hate materials in the Pakistani textbooks.<\/p>\n<p> Mr. Noshab Khiljee is a Property Developer has trained many young Christian people to go into the property business.<br \/>\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credits:&nbsp; Esther Das Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association was one of 16 Pakistani Christians honoured for their commitment to uplifting beleagured Pakistani Christians, at at a UK Parliament event last night.&nbsp; Below is a press release from the APPG for Pakistani Minorities:&nbsp; The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Pakistani Minorities, held [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - 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