The lawyers ransacked the Punjab Institute of Cardiology to avenge the alleged maltreatment of colleagues by healthcare personnel. The doctors are on strike and the sick are not receiving medicines. They "believe they are above the law".
To celebrate the 54th Caritas Pakistan Day, the Catholic charity gave farmers in Gadap, one of the poorest areas in the country, 50 kilograms of wheat seeds each. For Caritas’s executive director, “Hunger does not only weigh heavily on the individual, but also imposes a crushing economic burden on the developing world.”
In Faisalabad, two seminars focused on minority protection and social and religious discrimination. Young people need to be heard more in society. Action is needed against custodial torture, extrajudicial murders, and political victimisation.
The young couple are married with an interreligious rite and each maintain their own faith. However, the girl's relatives oppose the marriage and accuse the Christian of kidnapping. The couple is forced to live in a secret location. He faced trial and their marriage was declared legal.
The idea was inspired by the local archbishop’s Advent message to “keep your eyes open for the needs of the poor". The parents and their four-year-old daughter served the guests. The guests also received small gifts. The father is happy “that we are bringing up good Christian kids”.
Huma Younus went missing from her home on 10 October. She was taken 600 km from her home city. Her abjuration was recorded on the same day of her kidnapping. Justice and Peace Commission backs the family’s legal case.
The Archbishop of Karachi urges Catholics to pay attention to the needs of the poor, care for the basic rights of others and work for the prosperity of Pakistan. He calls for vigilance as we “prepare to welcome the mystery of the birth of Jesus.”
The heads of Pakistan’s Senate and National Assembly are behind the initiative. Over the years, several attempts to legislate in the matter have failed. Hundreds of Christian and Hindu girls and young women are abducted, raped, converted and forced to marry their tormentor. For Peter Jacob, conversion to Islam is a pretext.
The Catholic organisation led a peaceful rally in front of the Karachi Press Club. In Kristiansand, Norway, an anti-Muslim group burnt a copy of the Qurʼān. Pakistan’s religious leaders pray for world peace and harmony among faiths.
Gonila Gill is married to Husnain Jamil, a Muslim. Neither the man nor his family ever imposed her conversion to Islam. This is why everyone is persecuted. "I ask the government to protect mixed faith families like ours."
The police witnessed the demolition and did not intervene. The place of Christian worship was built in 2007 and stands on land donated by a Catholic. Muslims dispute the lack of necessary permits. Catechist: "They do not want the church to exist".
Prof. Mohammad Ismail was taken in broad daylight in Peshawar. The daughter Gulalai Ismail is a famous dissident activist, winner of the Anna Politkovskaya Award for campaigns against religious extremism in Pakistan. Man’s abduction is an act of "revenge". Detention "without trial is a violation of human rights".
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