Jackson Jacob in shackles at Samut Prakarn court. The person sitting next to Jakcson Jacob is Ilyas Masih. He is still inside IDC and is unaware of the death of his father in Pakistan. 23 year old Jackson Jacob, a qualified and experience civil engineer at the age of 23, escaped persecution to Bangkok, […]
Month: January 2016
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 […]
Sialkot Outreach Kotamblawala Village
The third outreach programme which BPCA conducted was in Sialkot Kotamblawala village which is 22km away from Sialkot city. We could not have organised the Christmas outreach programme without the coordination of Pastor Stephens who works as a lead Pastor in FGA (Full Gospel Assemblies) Church in Sialkot. It was a wonderful opportunity for BPCA […]
Restoration for Flood Ravaged Kasur
We reported on the impact of a great deluge that destroyed thousands of homes and killed hundreds in Pakistan during August 2015 (click here). Our immediate response was to provide food and water to victims whilst assessing any further needs (click here). We discovered villages here whose inhabitants were almost entirely Christian and surviving by […]
Christian Cleaner Shot Dead
A local government cleaner was shot dead at 7am whilst cleaning the streets outside the Sialkot Tehsil Municipal Administration (local council) building on 14th January. Nazir Masih, a devout Pakistani Christian and father of five children, was undertaking his role as a cleaner in the same way he had done many times before, when […]
Pak-Christian Family Suffers Persecution, Torture and Death by Police
Immobile due to the brutal torture at the hands of police son Khurram could not attend his father’s funeral or wake. Liaquat Masih became the fourth Christian man to die under suspicious circumstances whilst being held in police custody in Pakistan, on 13th January 2016. Read full story (click here) BPCA had coordinated with the […]
Fourth Christian man dies while in custody of Pakistan’s Christianophobic Police
Family of Liaquat from L-R Zarish (9 years), Kinza (15 years), Adeel (12 years) and wife Rubina (40 years) A Pakistani Christian man has died whilst in custody of the notoriously brutal police force of Pakistan. Liaquat Masih (47 years) the victim in this recent devastating police crime had been serving as driver for Raza […]
Fourth Christian man dies while in custody of Pakistan's Christianophobic Police
Family of Liaquat from L-R Zarish (9 years), Kinza (15 years), Adeel (12 years) and wife Rubina (40 years) A Pakistani Christian man has died whilst in custody of the notoriously brutal police force of Pakistan. Liaquat Masih (47 years) the victim in this recent devastating police crime had been serving as driver for Raza […]
Another Pakistani Christian asylum seeker dies in brutal Thailand Immigration Detention Centre
While Pakistani Christian asylum seekers were overcoming the demoralising loss of a dear sister Samina Faisal (click here), following alleged failures in duty of care leading to her death through kidney complications, another victim lost his fight for freedom. 53 year old Pervaiz Ghouri Masih who was suffering with a tumour and recurring heart condition, […]
Man declared dead rises from the ashes of the Lahore Bomb attack!
Qaisor Pervaiz is now one of the most well known survivors of the Lahore twin bomb attack that occurred on March 15th 2015.The devastating unprovoked bomb blast instantly killed 17 people and left 86 people injured. The attacks took place at St James Roman Catholic Church and an Anglican church, Christchurch, which impacted on the […]