Muhammed Rahman’s family – he was the first to be shot in the recent terror attack at Bacha University, Pakistan. Intent on helping the victims of the Charsadda attack our young intrepid officer Mehwish Bhatti travelled to the scene of the terrorist attack (click here). The site was a hollow place and is still closed […]
Month: January 2016
Refugee boys medication costs push family into starvation.
There are many Christian asylum seekers of Thailand, particularly in Bangkok. The UN says there are about 7000 Pakistani Christians in the Country but many believe the figure is much higher. Because these Christians do not have refugee status, they are not allowed to work, and so have no legal income. One sufferer is Hanook […]
Persecution of Christians in Pakistan Reportedly at all-time High
Qaisor Pervaiz one of the survivors of the Lahore bomb attack (click here) The recently released ‘World Watch List 2016’ has shown that Pakistan has unfortunately moved up to sixth place for how badly Christians are treated. In 2015 it had ranked at number 8. Now they rank it as just after Syria, where ISIS […]
Pak-Christians mourn the loss of slain victims of Charsadda attack
Wilson Chowdhry presents flowers of condolence to Naghma Khan PA to the High Commissioner for Pakistan in UK. Today 25th January 2016, British Pakistani Christian Association’s Wilson and Juliet Chowdhry visited the High Commission for Pakistan to the UK and delivered a sheaf of flowers in memory to the innocent lives lost in Pakistan’s most […]
Christmas Outreach Youhanabad Lahore
Our second Christmas Outreach Programme was held in Youhanabad, Lahore on 29th December 2015. Many of you will recall that Youhanabad was subjected to two horrific bomb attacks simultaneously carried out by the Taliban on two churches packed with worshipping men, women and children on 15th March 2015. The BPCA responded immediately to bring vital […]
Maskeen Colony, Islamabad Slum Outreach
Christians across the globe have for centuries been celebrating the birth of Christ on 25th December, a date that may or may not be the actual birth date of Christ but commemorates his birth that paved the way for mankind’s salvation. To mark this point in the BPCA calendar we wanted to do more than […]
Bacha Khan University Terrorist Attack 31 believed to be dead!
This story will continue to be updated on this link throughout today. Whilst students at Bacha Khan University were commemorating the anniversary of the death of their founder Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan who died 20th January 1988, by enjoying a mushaira event (poetry recital), a group of militants stormed their university this morning and opened fire. […]
Christian girl killed for shrugging off advances of wealthy Muslim boys
A Christian girl has been killed after she and two friends shrugged of the advances of some young drunken Muslim men from one of the elite areas of Lahore, Defence Colony. Kiran (17 years), Shamroza (18 years) and Sumble (20 years) three Christian girls were simply walking home through Defence Colony after a hard […]
Saima Masih a fifteen year old Christian girl becomes latest victim of forced Islamic marriage.
A fifteen year old Christian girl Saima Masih became the latest victim of abduction, rape and forced Islamic marriage in Pakistan, when she was kidnapped on 3rd January 2015. Saima and her family were worshipping at their local church in Kasur, on Sunday 3rd January. During the service Saima felt thirsty so she went […]
Watering ‘well’ Christian communities in Pakistan
Image of community of Bikiwind around their first pump installation. When we visited Jaranwala to provide assistance to Sherish and Farzana two Christian sisters who suffered a 12 hour gang-rape ordeal, after being kidnapped at gunpoint whilst using a field as a toilet (click here), we stumbled across a disturbing truth, that rural Christian communities across […]