ISLAMABAD: May 29, 2010. Over 50 Pakistani Hindus have converted to Islam in the Sialkot district of Punjab within a week (between May 14 and May 19) under pressure from their Muslim employers in a bid to retain their jobs and survive in the Muslim-dominated society.
As many as 35 Hindus converted

Multan: May 29, 2010. (PCP) In this month of June, the “Year of the Priests” comes to a close. On June 19, 2009, on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, His Holiness Benedict XVI solemnly inaugurated this “Year for Priests” (June 2009 – June 2010). It coincided with 150th anniversary of

Washington DC: May 29, 2010. (PCP) Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC, strongly condemned attack on worship places of Ahmadi community in Lahore during Friday prayers which killed 80 innocent citizens and injured dozens.
Nazir Bhatti said “Islamic terror is rising agai

Faisalabad: May 29, 2010. (PCP) Five Christians were admitted to Sumundri Civil Hospital in critical conditions with bullet wounds when Muslims opened fire in a Christian village Chak no 462-GB, known as Essa Nagri (Colony of Lord Jesus) Tehsil Samundri, District Faisalabad on May 28, 2010.
The vil

Radical Islam once more strikes Pakistan because Sunni Islamic fanatics are intent on installing a radical Sunni Islamic monoculture on the people of this nation. However, in Pakistan you have many diverse Muslim communities, for example Shia Muslims and Ahmadiyya Muslims, and of course you will ha

LAHORE: May 27, 2010. (Daily Times) The leader of a madrassa allegedly abducted a minor Hindu girl from Rahim Yar Khan and did not let her parents meet their daughter, claiming that the girl had converted to Islam and no longer wanted to meet her “non-Muslim relatives”.
Radha (13) was abducted in

LARKANA: May 27, 2010. (Nazir Siyal reports for PCP) A record hottest day of the season, as the mercury level crossed 52 degree Celsius here in Larkana and other parts of province and the temperature remained around 52 plus degree Celsius in various cities, forcing people to stay inside their homes

Lahore: May 25, 2010. (PCP) Christian leaders from district Narowal appeared today on one channel of electronic media in Pakistan and revealed that Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Group leaders desecrated our Church and destroyed Church building to grab one acre of land. Mr. Ahsan Iqbal who is secretar

Lahore: May 24, 2010. (PCP) President of “Advocate Pakistan” AP, Mr. Yeshoo Ezra Advocate, Lahore High Court Bar have announced that 1st National Conference for Christian Advocates in Pakistan with the coordination of Center for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) will be held on 29th May 20

WASHINGTON DC: May 24, 2010. (PCP) Pro-independence Baloch from the U.S.A. and Canada and their allies and friends will converge in the U.S. capital on May 28 to protest against Pakistan's nuclear tests in Occupied Balochistan in front of the White House.
"I appeal to all peace-loving American folk

Karachi: May 24, 2010. (PCP) “May 20, 2010, EU Parliament Resolution on Religious Freedom in Pakistan shall play positive role to stop persecution of Christians, Ahmadi,s and other religious communities in Pakistan” said Nazir S Bhatti, Chief of Pakistan Christian Congress
Pakistan Christian Congr

Indian Muslims are not aloof from the global Muslim community which is feeling the brunt of a crisis from within. They suffer from an identity crisis in spiritual, social and political spheres. Muslim intellectuals today follow western modules in order to pretend that they are secular and liberal. O

Lahore: May 20, 2010. (By Fr. Inayat Bernard for PCP) “A good leader has to be fearless, good moral character, joyful decency, active brain and disciplined person”. Retired cornel Christopher Abid was talking to the diocesan students in the study hall of St. Mary’s Minor Seminary, Lahore.
He said

Karachi: May 19, 2010. (PCP) Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC said that 20 million Pakistani Christians are victim of hate on religion and deprived of their equal democratic rights in Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
The All India Christian Association favored formation

Islamabad: May 19, 2010. (PCP) A Christian girl who was kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam has been reunited with her family after three years apart. Tina Barkat, now 28, was kidnapped by the family of her friend Sobia, who together with her uncle forced her to convert to Islam and marry one