report in Dawn, September 6, 2023SWAT: The local members of Christian community here on Tuesday demanded of the authorities to provide a piece of land for their cemetery. They also conveyed their concerns to district administration about the challenges encountered by government employees at Saidu Sharif Hospital and recruitment of female staff in education department. They discussed these issues during a khuli kutcheri held at St. Louis Church in Mingora. The session was organised by…
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report in The Express Tribune, September 5th, 2023.FAISALABAD: The desecration of the Holy Quran that sparked communal riots, burning of churches and Christians’ properties at Jaranwala tehsil of Punjab’s Faisalabad district on August 16 was part of a conspiracy hatched by a jealous husband to bring harm to his wife’s alleged lover. Sharing details of the police investigation into the incident, Jaranwala Superintendent Police (SP) Bilal Silhari said P, a Christian man, had discovered that…
Report in Dawn, August 18th, 2023• Army chief vows ‘no leniency’, FO spox decries violence• Amnesty urges Pakistan to prevent misuse of blasphemy laws• NCHR reports 17 churches torched ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: The Jaranwala tragedy continued to elicit condemnation on Thursday, with national leaders and international organisations calling for justice for the people whose homes and places of worship were ransacked and destroyed by a frenzied mob. Speaking at an ISPR event, army chief Gen Asim Munir…
Report in Dawn, August 18th, 2023• Army chief vows ‘no leniency’, FO spox decries violence• Amnesty urges Pakistan to prevent misuse of blasphemy laws• NCHR reports 17 churches torched ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: The Jaranwala tragedy continued to elicit condemnation on Thursday, with national leaders and international organisations calling for justice for the people whose homes and places of worship were ransacked and destroyed by a frenzied mob. Speaking at an ISPR event, army chief Gen Asim Munir…