Karachi: August 20, 2011. (PCP) The Bishop of Society of Biblical Christian Churches of Pakistan, Principal of Faith Theological Seminary Gujranwala and prominent human right activist Bishop Timotheus Nasir passed away on August 19, 2011, leaving behind millions of mourning Christians in Pakistan.

Islamabad: August 19, 2011. (PCP) World Minorities Alliance leader J Salik in a message on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day said that I pay tribute to men and women who work to save human lives and protect the health of people affected by emergencies, whether caused by conflicts or natural dis

Quetta: August 19, 2011. (PCP) A Christian girl named Arifa Alfred fled from captivity of his Muslim abductor after two years. She was tortured and sexually abused by an influential Muslim who kept her in locked house claiming his wife and converted to Islam.
The parents of Arifa Alfred reported he

Karachi: August 16, 2011. (PCP) On 14th august at 6:30 AM, near sea view, Defense Housing Authority DHA phase 8, in jurisdiction of Durkhshan Police Station, Karachi, Pakistan, Ashfaq Munawar, brother of Civil Society forum MASS, was attacked and seriously injured by six Muslim fundamentalists.
Ash

Islamabad: August 15, 2011. (PCP) President of Pakistan Mr. Asif Ali Zardari announced 185 civil awards for gallantry, Public Service, Arts, science and other walks of life to prominent Pakistani dignitaries but name of former Federal Minister for Minorities Affair Martyr Shahbaz Bhatti was not incl

Karachi: August 13, 2011. (PCP) Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, Chief of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC, commenting on speech of Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan and Co-Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party PPP, on celebration of “Minority Day” on August 11, 2011, in President House, Islamabad, said tha

Bhopal, India: August 12, 2011. (PCP) Madhya Pradesh Isai Mahasangh (MPIMS),has appealed to all Christian community members to remember the Christian Martyrs on 28th August. Richard D’Silca , Media in-charge, said “It was a decision taken by the MPIM in a two days “Isai Mahasangam 2008”(Christian La

LARKANA: August 12, 2011. (By Nazir Siyal) High Court Bar Association (HCBA) and District Bar Association Larkana (DBA) observed joint protest demonstration against the killing of lawyer Mohammed Aslam Buriro in Dharki.
Lawyers’ community on protest call of Sindh Bar Council (SBC) gathered in prot

LARKANA: August 12, 2011. (By Nazir Siyal) High Court Bar Association (HCBA) and District Bar Association Larkana (DBA) observed joint protest demonstration against the killing of lawyer Mohammed Aslam Buriro in Dharki.
Lawyers’ community on protest call of Sindh Bar Council (SBC) gathered in prot

Islamabad; August 12, 2011. (PCP) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in demanding authorities in Pakistan take swift action to locate and safely recover a senior tribal journalist who was abducted in North Waziristan on August 11.

The Middle East is a vast area and sadly the non-Arab minorities and non-Arabs who have been Arabized are often neglected. After all, you hear about the Arab Spring in Egypt but between 10% and 12% of Egyptians are Coptic Christians. Therefore, like usual, the indigenous Copts are being marginaliz

Mandi Bahauddin: August 10, 2011. (Sher Gondal) The people have urged government to renovate railway that is only public conveyance facility left in the country for the poor. They said hundreds of passengers are stuck on Mandi Bahauddin and Malikwal railway stations daily in sweltering heat because

LARKANA: August 10, 2011. (Nazir Siyal) A police cop fighting for life in hospital ward helpless, who was injured during the bomb blast on 10th Muharam Ashura last year in Khanpur of Shikarpur district, told his relatives.
The relatives of injured Police Constable of Khanpur Police station distric

Cairo: August 10, 2011. (AINA) Muslims attacked Christians in the village of Nazlet Faragallah, in the southern Egyptian Minya province, on Sunday evening. The attack continued until the early hours of Monday morning, August 8. One Copt was murdered and homes were looted and torched when Muslims fr

Karachi: August 10, 2011. (PCP) Pakistan Christian Congress PCC Central Council Secretariat have issued press statement of PCC Chief Dr. Nazir S Bhatti here today, expressing surprise and anger on media reports revealed by Joint Investigation Team JIT formed to investigate assassination of Shahbaz B