by Tariq Saeed in Dawn, Sept 5th, 2023TOBA TEK SINGH: A Christian priest was shot at and injured by an unidentified suspect in Faisalabad on Sunday night. Sources said Reverend Father Eleazar Sidhu, who serves at Myong-Sang Naserth church in Jaranwala tehsil, was discharged from hospital on Monday afternoon with a dressing on his hand. In an FIR lodged under Sections 324 (attempt to murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code, Father…
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Editorial in Pakistan Today, August 17th, 2023The attack on three churches and a number of homes by a mob in Jaranwala, indicates that matters which had seemed to have gone out of control, have not improved. Once again, a mob has been inflamed to violence by a cleric’s diatribe against an alleged blasphemer. After the situation calmed somewhat, it transpired that the accused had been taken into custody by the police, that one church had…
by Waqas Ali in Dawn, August 18th, 2023KARACHI: Members of Minority Rights March and Aurat March, the Archbishop of Karachi and the Bishop of the Holy Trinity Cathedral on Thursday condemned the attacks on churches and residences the Christian community members in Jaranwala by an angry mob, following an alleged incident of blasphemy in this town of Faisalabad district. Members of the Christian community also staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC). Addressing…
by Asif Chaudhry | Tariq Saeed in Dawn, August 17th, 2023• Violence stoked by rumours of alleged desecration of holy book, relayed through mosque announcements• FIR registered under blasphemy charges, no case against mob so far• Section 144 imposed; Rangers called in to avert further violenceLAHORE / TOBA TEK SINGH: A violent mob of hundreds ransacked and torched five churches, attacked the residences of members of the Christian community and the office of the local…