Rights group highlights plight of Christian family in Pak
ANI
02 Jun 2021, 22:18 GMT+10
Punjab [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): The Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has condemned the murder of Arif Masih, a 32-year-old Christian of a village in Toba Tek Singh district in Pakistan s Punjab province.
Arif Masih was killed on May 23 while defending her 18-year-old sister, Rehana Bibi who was harassed, kidnapped, and beaten allegedly by Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Majid, and allies.
Masih registered an FIR against culprits for threatening Rehana Bibi and the culprits threatened him to step back. Later, the accused allegedly killed him and are now trying to make it a fake suicide story.
Daily Times
May 12, 2021
Earlier this month, a group of Muslim nurses took over a chapel within the grounds of the Punjab Institute of Mental Health. Their sole objective was to raze it and turn it into a mosque. They reportedly began reciting Islamic prayers while threatening their Christian counterparts with (false) charges of blasphemy unless they converted to Islam. That this happened during the holy month of Ramzan makes it all the more deplorable.
Pakistan has been named, along with nine others nations, by the US as the worst violators of religious freedom. Since this country’s creation in 1947, we have fallen into the trap of pursuing the same policies that prompted the Muslims to carve out a separate homeland in South Asia. Furthermore, we have increasingly drifted towards a distorted version of Islam which we have been force-fed by a divided and misguided clergy driven by their own vested interests and who thrive on preaching bigotry and intolerance of other religions.
Sr. Mariam Gill (left) leads a sports session with female residents of Dar ul-Karishma (House of Wonders) in Youhanabad, a predominantly Christian district of Lahore, Pakistan. (Kamran Chaudhry)
Lahore, Pakistan Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic last year, the Sisters of Charity of St. Jeanne-Antide Thouret have abandoned the Lenten tradition of receiving charity trips to their home for the mentally disabled.
Looking after their 74 residents, ages 13-85, is the top priority for the six nuns serving at Dar ul-Karishma (House of Wonders), which was established on Feb. 28, 1997, in a narrow street of Youhanabad, a predominantly Christian district of Lahore, Pakistan. The facility has separate male and female sections, and is multifaith, including eight clients who are Muslim.