The pastor's home is less than half a kilometer away from the scene of a bloody shoot-out between Pakistani security forces and Al-Qaeda members some weeks ago.

After committing the burglary the robbers left a note for the wheelchair-bound Pastor Glenn Potter with the apartment building watchman.

We are very happy to join the international Methodist Community and hope you would welcome it to the International Methodist Community. We direly need your Spiritual and Economic Help for Rehabilitation of The Methodist Church of Pakistan.

Legal Status:
The Methodist Church of Pakistan is

Two recent developments have seriously aggravated the situation of Christians of Pakistan origin seeking asylum in the Netherlands. Firstly the government has recently tightened the controls on the admission of asylum seekers into the community of the Netherlands. Secondly the recent election in Pak

Shabnam Hashmi (member Asiapeace, New Delhi) visits Gujarat and assesses if the hearts will meet again.

Best regards,

Ishtiaq Ahmed

Moderator Asiapeace - An electronic discussion group
Affiliate of Association for Communal Harmony in Asia (ACHA).
Associate Professor
Department of Pol

He said that we were working for these poor people with one N G O from 15years.But for the more betterment of these miserable persons. We established an N G O named (I D A) which is registered with Social Welfare Department of government of Pakistan.

We are running two primary schools and we pro

The APMA, a representative body of all the religious minorities of Pakistan, had already entered into an electoral alliance with the PPP. The PPP won 35 NA seats and 67 provincial from Punjab. After the landslide victory of the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1970, this is the first time that PPP c

Qazi Hussain Ahmed, who cobbled together a six-party alliance this summer along with Jamiat Uleme-e-Pakistan chief Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani, told reporters on Sunday that minority groups ought not to be alarmed by the alliance's sweep of polls in two Pakistani provinces that border Afghanistan. It

The Imams are asked to make it the topic of their sermons on Friday, and instigate people for violent protests against Christian pastor's blasphemous remarks against the prophet of Islam. This seems to be turning into a country wide anti-Christian protest, and obviously Christians are very scared of

The Bench comprises Chief Justice Shaikh Riaz Ahmed, Mr Justice Munir A.Shaikh, Mr Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, Mr Justice Iftikhar Ahmad Chaudhry and Mr Justice Qazi Mohammad Farooq.

The petition had been admitted on Thursday. The petitioner had contended that the genuine representation of th

I am compelled to write the following statement after an on-going defamation campaign against me in your net newspaper.

Before going into detail, I confirm with all the authority and responsibility that I, Bishop Salamat Khokhar S/O Sharif Khokhar resident of E - 39 Defence View Karachi, am the l

His family and other community members are very concerned about his safety as instead of arresting the real culprits, the police are investigating him and are trying to divert the attention of Christians and the international community.

As you have helped us at a number of times, especially to re

The Consul General of Pakistan, Toronto will be attending and giving out the view of the government of Pakistan.

Mr. Khokhar have further added that the persecution of the Christians is on the rise since the implementation of the 'Blasphemy Law', introduced by the army dictator General Zia ul Haq

People from all walks of life are invited to join this open forum to take necessary action to stop the future expected attacks on Christians and their institutions. As Christians in Pakistan are going to hold rally on the same day, 5th October 2002 to mark it an anti terrorism day and will be mourni

We stand in solidarity with the Christians in Pakistan and also with the National Council of Churches in Pakistan in this hour of crisis. We share the pain and sorrow of our brothers and sisters who lost their dear ones in this brutal attack. This again brings to our urgent attention the need of a p

Banners proclaimed: "Islam will dominate the world" and "Those who do not rule by what Allah has revealed are oppressors." Preachers Abu Hamza al-Masri and Omar Bakri Muhammad addressed hundreds, casting Islam as the salve to a U.S.-led world of suffering.

British authorities allowed the rally -