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Pakistan: Women Development and Service Society with the Diocese of Raiwind

Pakistan: Women Development and Service Society with the Diocese of Raiwind

Reports on its work in health, rehabilitation, child protection and self-help among marginalised groups is available as a pdf here

05 October 2010

Aid group laments response to Pakistan's 'heart-wrenching' floods

Aid group laments response to Pakistan's 'heart-wrenching' floods

Bangalore, India, 19 August (ENI)- Church-backed aid groups are calling for people around the world to step up to the plate and help those suffering the worst floods in the history of Pakistan, with one agency describing the international response as, "far from adequate".

20 August 2010

Pakistan: Working to safeguard women's health in the Diocese of Lahore

Pakistan: Working to safeguard women's health in the Diocese of Lahore

IAWN Provincial Link for Pakistan, Ayra Inderyas, reports on the work of the Women Desk of Lahore Diocese as it ministers among women in the poorest areas of the diocese.  

05 August 2010

Pakistan: Churches launch emergency relief program following devastating floods

Pakistan: Churches launch emergency relief program following devastating floods

The Diocese of Peshawar has launched an emergency relief and rescue program for families affected by the recent monsoons and flooding in Pakistan as the death toll from the natural disaster rose above 1,200.

03 August 2010

Marking Gojra - a year on

Marking Gojra - a year on

A year has now passed since the killing of a group of Christians at Gojra in the province of Punjab in Pakistan, on August 1 2009. Eight people were burnt alive and many others had their houses destroyed and lost all their possessions.

02 August 2010

Attack on Ahmadi mosques in Pakistan condemned by Bishop of Lahore

Attack on Ahmadi mosques in Pakistan condemned by Bishop of Lahore

The savage attack on two Ahmadi mosques in Lahore Pakistan has been condemned by Rt Revd Alexander Malik, Bishop of Lahore in the Church of Pakistan (a United Church which is a member Church of the Anglican Communion).

09 June 2010

Pakistan: 'To equip women in the church and society

Pakistan: 'To equip women in the church and society

Church of Pakistan holds regional leadership training event for young women.

 

18 May 2010

Peshawar Diocese, Church of Pakistan, February 2010: Diocesan Micro Credit Scheme

Peshawar Diocese, Church of Pakistan, February 2010: Diocesan Micro Credit Scheme

Ms. Ghazala is a promising young Christian lady always ready to accept new challenges. She is well skilled and has opened her own Reproductive, Health and Family Planning Clinic. She took a loan from the Diocesan Micro Credit Scheme and started her Clinic. Here is Ghazala’s success story:

11 March 2010

A statement by the Church of Pakistan

A statement by the Church of Pakistan

The recent tragedy of Gojra, where nine Pakistani Christians were burnt to death by a frenzied mob, has raised yet again the whole issue of the status and security of the religious minorities in an overwhelmingly Islamic country like Pakistan. 

02 November 2009

Advocacy for Christians in Pakistan

Advocacy for Christians in Pakistan

Having listened to the concerns of Christian partners and correspondents in Pakistan, NIFCON (the Network of Inter Faith Concerns for the Anglican Communion) is one of the main sponsors of a petition being drawn up asking the government of Pakistan to repeal the law against blasphemy.

20 August 2009