Shafique Khokhar

With a small organisation, a social worker in Faisalabad’s Warispura district helps people, not by giving them cash, but by buying equipment for them to start a business. In the last six months, more than 10 small enterprises have been created for poor Christian families. Financial support comes from two cousins in America who expect to be repaid only by God.

The Catholic charity held a seminar with local urban communities to lay out what is needed to reduce casualties and flood damage. Focus also centred on the poorest areas where the most vulnerable populations live, especially in emergencies.

The authors of the attack are three young people from the neighborhood: Muhammad Noman, Zaheer and Zain. One was arrested. Another is a member of the ruling party and is pushing the police to bury the case. Justice and Peace offer support and legal help to the family.

Arif Masih, 32, was beaten, kidnapped, poisoned and then abandoned on the street. Although there are complaints and witnesses, the police have not arrested the perpetrators. In protest, Arif's parents deposit his body amid rush hour traffic asking for solidarity. Baba Intizar Gill: We urgently need to protect religious minorities and give them full citizenship.

According to the police, the target was the leader Maulana Abdul Qadir Luni, who was injured. Throughout the country there were demonstrations for "Palestine Solidarity Day".

The violent attack on Okara (Punjab) caused by a simple argument. Muslims with guns and hockey sticks have beaten, injured and destroyed entire families. Three days later, despite an official complaint and witnesses, the police have made no arrests.

Some voices rise from Asia calling for a stop to the conflict between the Israeli army and Hamas. Pakistan Archbishop Benny Mario Travas calls for an end to “the loss of innocent lives”. The President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh, Archbishop Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze urges help “to achieve a fair solution”.

For Muhammad Ali, father of a 17-year-old boy, “no one thinks or cares about disabled people”. Caritas made him “feel that my son is also important for someone.” Providing “food packages among Muslim brothers and sisters is an example of religious harmony” that transcends “differences”, said Caritas Karachi executive secretary.

In the Mental Government Hospital in Lahore, false accusations of blasphemy, the Nursing Superintend Khalida Suleri organized a group of Muslim nurses and occupied the church located inside the hospital. James Channan OP clarified the facts and informed the superior authorities of the Punjab police.

Attack took place yesterdat in Karachi’s Essa Nagri neighborhood. The little girl managed to free herself by screaming and running away. Neighbours grabbed and beat the attempted rapist. The police were also attacked.

The Christian owner of the land “went to the Muslim tenant to inform him that the lease was about to expire”. At his request, “I handed him the rental documents. He became enraged and tore them up, claiming to have bought the land from my father.”

The Italian-born missionary died from COVID-19 at the age of 90. In the Okara district he helped so many blind kids study. Bishop Rehmat remembers how “He shared to the full our sorrows and joys”.