Pakistani Muslims condemn attack on Christian nurse
Cleric and colleague of woman accused of blasphemy call for the protection of minorities
Muslim cleric Maulana Tahir and staff nurse Kausar have condemned violence against a Christian nurse accused of blasphemy. (Image supplied)
A Muslim cleric and a colleague of a Christian nurse attacked by a mob following blasphemy allegations have called on their social media followers to protect minorities.
A day after Tabitha Nazir Gill was slapped and stripped at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in Karachi, cleric Maulana Tahir urged authorities to protect religious minorities.
“It is with great grief I request Prime Minister Imran Khan and state leaders to take notice. The police investigation proved that she didn’t commit blasphemy,” he stated in a Jan. 29 video message on Facebook.
01-31-2021
A Christian nurse in Pakistan was accused of blasphemy against Islam following a disagreement she had with a Muslim co-worker. The dispute led to an alleged assault against the woman, who is now in hiding for her safety.
International Christian Concern (ICC) reports that Tabitha Nazir Gill, 30, was criticized by a colleague on Jan. 28 while they were working at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in Karachi.
The head nurse at the hospital directed medical staff not to receive tips or handle any money from patients. Gill reminded a coworker of the directive after she reportedly witnessed that co-worker receive money from a patient.
Mob attacks Pakistani Christian in hospital over blasphemy claim
Christians call for action to stop misuse of controversial laws as victim goes into hiding
Tabitha Nazir Gill with one of her burqa-clad attackers at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in Karachi. (Photo supplied)
Tabitha Nazir Gill was slapped and stripped for alleged blasphemy at the Pakistani hospital where she had worked for nine years.
Videos showing the assault on the 30-year-old Christian nurse at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in Karachi spread on social media on Jan. 28, moments after she was accused of insulting all prophets including Prophet Muhammad, Prophet Abraham and Prophet Adam.
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian woman accused of blasphemy released by police after investigation PAKISTAN
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Tabitha Nazir Gill, a 30-year-old Christian, known for singing Gospel hymns in Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, was accused of committing blasphemy yesterday, January 28; she was taken by the police and released by the officers after an investigation. The police could not find anything to indicate that the woman in question committed blasphemy . This is what Nasir Raza, a Christian human rights activist involved in the case, which took place in Karachi, in southern Pakistan, tells Agenzia Fides.
Nasir Raza, who is also President of the National Committee for Peace and Interreligious Harmony in Sindh province, reports: Tabitha Nazir Gill, who is a nurse at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in Karachi, was accused by her colleagues, with whom she has been working for 9 years . Raza adds: Tabitha, concerned, asked her Christian brothers and siste
Gizri residents oppose KMC’s bid to take back maternity home
Karachi
December 14, 2020
Residents and social activists in the Gizri neighborhood have expressed dismay over the Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC)’s recent decision to take back control of the Gizri Maternity Hospital from a charity that has been running the medical facility since 2014.
In 2014, the KMC had given the responsibility of running the affairs of the maternity home to the Falah Welfare Trust, a charity, under the public-private partnership for fifteen years.
“Under the charity’s supervision, huge improvements in the health facility s performance have been observed if compared with the KMC-run other maternity homes,” said Riaz Hussain, a social activist in Gizri. “We still remember that there was no labour room and other medical facilities. Medical staff used to come from the Sobhraj Maternity Hospital from Burns Road to the Gizri’s facility.”