Presbyterian Pastor Naeem Bhadhar targeted to be the next accused of Blasphemy

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Islamabad: March 22, 2013. (Shamim Masih): On March 16, 2013, a news printed the local English daily paper “Daily Times, Islamabad” about the Christian priest who was being beaten by some fundamentalists, when was going back to his home in the late evening. Pastor Naeem Bhadhar, a Presbyterian missionary living in a village Kalaswala, Pasroor Road, district Sialkot, 140 kilometres away from Lahore city, told me on telephone that he had arranged a protest rally in their city, but on March 14 when he was travelling back to his village a few radical Muslims from Jamaat-ud-Dawa severely beat him with sticks and destroyed his motorcycle. He was severely injured and was taken to hospital where he got a number of stitches on his left arm. He has been warned by the extremist group that if any Christian organizes further protests, he will be killed! http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5C03%5C16%5Cstory_16-3-2013_pg7_15 After the life threats, he went hide to save his life since then. Couple of days back, when I called him but couldn’t connect, then I realized the sensitivity of the matter and had left text massage on his cell number. He called me and told that the fanatic Muslims has filed an application in the local police station and forcing the official to register a First Investigation Report – FIR against Pastor Naeem Bhadhar. According to the pastor the FIR is not been registered yet and his church management is looking after the matter. Even than he scared of and living away from his home town- Kalaswala. The complainant is Muhammad Zia ullah Mustafa Atteeq Hamdami s/o Haji Ghulam Nabi Hamdami, who is local cleric in mosque.

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