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The First Inflatable Church on display in LA. PCP. Report.

The Inflatable Church will be dedicated by the Reverend Lee on the 7 July 2003 at the New Hope Chapel and will run a number of services and activities for the local young children.
'We are delighted to be the first US congregation to try out the church,' said the Reverend Dr Jesse Lee, pastor of Ne

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Christians feel insecure on Sharait bill in Pakistan. PCP Report.

They expressed this view at a press conference on "Maulana Azam Tariq's Shariat Bill: Threat to Minorities?" The programme was organized by the Christian Democratic Front (CDF) at a local hotel.

Chairman CDF Khalil Tahir Sindhu Advocate narrated how the minorities had been feeling insecure and

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Islamists ban women in ads in Pakistan metropolis. By Amir Zia

Naimatullah Khan, mayor of Karachi, told Reuters the council in the metropolis of 14 million passed the law this week and planned to implement it soon.

"Our culture and values are different from the West," he said. "We want to protect women's honour. We don't want to make women toys like they are

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Bishop Timotheus Nasir receives Mader-e Millat Award

"Your Excellency Mr. Chairman, honorable members of National and Provincial Assemblies, ladies an gentlemen,
It is a great honor for me to receive this prestigious award that has been given to me in the name of "Mader-e-Millat" (The Mother of the Nation) Muhtarma Fatima Jinnah. I extend my facilita

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An open letter to President Bush on meeting of President Musharraf.

I, Nazir s Bhatti, Founder of Pakistan Christian Congress and Editor of Pakistan Christian Post, wish to write you on behalf of 15 million voiceless Christians of Pakistan to raise issues of religious freedom in Pakistan in your meeting with President Parvez Musharraf of Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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Sign Letter to President Bush for Meeting with President Musharraf of Pakistan. PCP. Report.

Dear Friends:

The situation of religious minorities is Pakistan worsens on a daily basis. Pakistani Christians and Hindus face tremendous persecution under that country's Blasphemy Law, which is applied arbitrarily upon the accusation of insult to the Prophet Mohammed or the Holy Koran and can c

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Muslim leaders of PPP and PML (Q) grab Christian cemetery in Lala Musa. PCP Report.

The Christian community of the Lalamusa city has threatened to come on the roads against the occupation of their Sabzi Mandi cemetery by some influential people.

The Christian leaders alleged that the land grabbers had offered them an 81-marla plot outside the limits of the Lalamusa Municipal Co

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Attack on New Apostolic Church, Zaid Wali, Narowal. PCP. Report.

On 9 May 2003, some Muslims who lived in the village, Datezarke, adjacent to Zaid Wali village attacked the church injuring several Christian worshippers and breaking the furniture and the holy utensils. Background:

Christians and Muslims have been living together in the village of Zaid Wali for

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Minorities Commission in Gujarat to probe Christian complaints.

Christian activists have alleged that the Gujarat government is carrying out a survey of Christians to justify the passing of a new anti-conversion bill called the Freedom of Religion
"The Commission has been approached by various members of the minority community regarding the problems faced by t

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Fr. D'Arcy De Souza celebrates 90th birthday at Karachi. By Robin Fernandez. PCP Report.

Fr. D'Arcy De Souza was born on June 4, 1913, a year before the First World War began. In the same year the Archdiocese of Karachi got its first locally ordained priest, John Fernandez, who later became a monsignor.

Fr D'arcy's birthday celebrations opened with a special mass at the Christ the Ki

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Ordination anniversary of Rev. Fr. Thomas R. Betz at St. William's Church Philadelphia. PCP report.

The Pakistani Catholic Christians participated in the anniversary programmes with enthusiasm by services and rituals in Sunday prayers led by Fr. Tom Betz, Rev. Fr. Edmahar and Fr. Dominic Isaac. The large attendance of the Pakistani Catholic Christians proved to be the major success of Fr. Dominic

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MQM governor's interference in Karachi YMCA. PCP Report.

Members of the outgoing board, led by Dr. Sarfraz Lloyd, complained that they weren't told about the dissolution order at all. "We challenged the authority of the usurpers who wanted us to vacate the premises immediately on the strength of the alleged government notice," a former board member said,



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