Christian churches and schools in Pakistan are closed and tightly guarded after the killing of Osama Bin Laden by American special forces at Abbottabad, 60km from Islamabad.
03 May 2011
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, 27 April 2011 – The Rev. Canon Dr. Titus Presler has been appointed Principal of Edwardes College in Peshawar, Pakistan, the Rt. Rev. Humphrey Sarfaraz Peters, Bishop of Peshawar, announced today as the appointing authority. Dr. Presler will take up his duties on May 1 at the century-old college of 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
28 April 2011
Another Christian named Arif Masih (40), of a village near Chak Jhumra, Faisalabad was arrested from his house on April 5th, 2011 by the local police on the ridiculous accusation of writing a threatening letter to local Muslims, asking them to become Christians and ripping the pages of Holy Quran.
12 April 2011
A memorial service was held in St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London for Shahbaz Batti the murdered Pakistan Minister of Minorities.
18 March 2011
In the history of some countries there comes a period when political and factional murder becomes almost routine — Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, Germany and its neighbours in the early 1930s.
07 March 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York have made a statement condemning the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti, Minorities Minister in Pakistan.
02 March 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury expressed “shock and sorrow” today at the murder of a Catholic Pakistani government minister, saying it increased fears about the security of Christians there.
02 March 2011
Pakistan's first and only female Anglican priest Revd Jane Shaw has warned that persecution of Christians in the country is prompting talented potential future church leaders to settle abroad.
02 December 2010
Anglican women around the world have been deeply saddened by the item below from Ayra Inderyas of the Church of Pakistan.
25 November 2010
The Peshawar Diocese as the Body of Christ promotes Peace and Reconciliation through its various Health, Education and Welfare programmes, which are excellent examples of ‘minority helping the majority’, but the Mental Health Centre, Peshawar, bears a unique witness, and provides its services to all without discrimination of cast and creed.
13 October 2010