Shafique Khokhar

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”.

Fr Mario Rodrigues, parish priest at St Jude’s, said that we must trust and believe that God is with us, even at such a sad hour. He also prayed for donors, in particular Caritas Italia and Caritas Pakistan Karachi.

Despite the wounds of the past, Pakistanis send messages of closeness to India. Pakistani authorities are worried about the rising numbers of cases at home. The Pakistani military is enforcing protection measures in cities. Schools and offices have already been closed in Sindh province.