New York: February 20, 2016. (PCP) The Global Christian Voice GCV President Zeba Gill met here with Mr. Joseph Francis who leads CLAAS to discuss issues of Pakistani Christian in general and Pakistani Christian asylum seekers in Thailand in particular.
Mr. Joseph Francis was visiting USA on invitat

Lahore: February 19, 2016. (Pervez Yousaf) A meeting of the Ecumenical Solidarity Committee Lahore (ESCL) held at St. Mary’s Friary Gulberg, Lahore to evaluate the previous year’s programmes and to plan the programmes for the year 2016. Coordinator of the ESCL Fr. Francis Nadeem OFM Cap presided th

Lahore: February 19, 2016. (Pervez Yousaf) During the annual planning session of the Council for Interfaith Dialogue Pakistan (CFID) all the board members unanimously urged national media to promote interreligious harmony so that tolerance and peace may grow in the society. The planning session was

Lahore: February 19, 2016. (Pervez Yousaf) In order to promote peace, tolerance, and acceptance in the society, the Council for Interfaith Dialogue Pakistan (CFID) has formed a team of children of schools and named it “Ambassadors of Peace”. The team is comprised of Muslim and Christian children of

Pakistan: February 18, 2016. (PCP) Two Christian sisters aged 20 and 21 were kidnapped and with force converted to Islam and taken in Islamic marriage by two Muslim men in remote district of Sargodha of Punjab province of Pakistan according to reports released by one Christian NGO CLAAS here today o

Lahore: February 18, 2016. (PCP) Lahore High Court ordered to the government of Punjab’s prosecutor to submit response on behalf of Punjab Government against the HRFP’s petition having number 32988-15 on amendment in educational policy against the religious minorities in text books, the hearing was

Islamabad: February 18, 2016. (PCP) In 1996 when Pakistan People’s Party was ruling the country and Benazir Bhutto (Late) was the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the government was accused of corruption by President Pakistan of the time Mr. Farooq Leghari (Late) and he dissolved the assembly.
The inte

Turkey: February 17, 2016. (World Watch Monitor) After a year filled with repeated threats and attacks against Protestant churches and their leaders in Turkey, the leader of their tiny Christian community has admitted that they remain “anxious and distressed”.
In an interview with Al-Monitor, Pasto

Israel: February 17, 2016. Archaeologists have uncovered a 7,000-year-old settlement in the north part of Jerusalem, a discovery which the Israel Antiquities Authority called “highly significant.”
The Blaze reports that the settlement includes two houses and various artifacts. The settlement is tho

Pakistan: February 15, 2016. (PCP) Break-in and theft of household’s belongings and equipment at home of human rights defender Sardar Mushtaq Gill. He and members of LEAD were recently warned and threaten a group of unidentified persons, hired by a young man involved in forced conversion to Islam an

Washington DC: February 15, 2016. (PCP) On February 12, 2016, the Pakistan Christian Congress and other NGOs held a productive meeting with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Thailand in Washington D.C., on the issue of Pakistan Christian asylum seekers who have fled to Thailand. The meeting attendees i

Lahore: February 13, 2016. (PCP) Rwadari Tehreek (a social movement launched by the concerned citizens of Pakistan to promote the culture of respect of all faiths for a peaceful society) organized a one day Token Hunger Strike Camp on 11th February 2016 in front of the Punjab Assembly for not implem

Lahore: February 13, 2016. (PCP) A Muslim man forcibly married and converted a Christian woman to Islam after he abducted her following an impromptu request for cleaning services at his residence on 23rd July 2015. Two days ago Fouzia Sadiq (30 years), with the help of the BPCA, was able to escape

Hyderabad: February 13, 2016. (By Abbas Kassar) Speakers have highlighted the need to promote interfaith harmony to tackle growing intolerance in society. They were speaking seminar on interfaith harmony and non-Muslim marriage bill organized by Sindh Rural Partners Organization.
Speaking at the

Karachi: February 13, 2016. (PCP) The Hindu community across the country has shown their serious concerns on the recently-presented Hindu Marriage Act in which it is proposed that due to religion conversion, Hindu marriage would be terminated.
According to details, a Hindu delegation consisting of