Pakistan horror for Christians
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Iain Taylor
Authorities in Islamabad, Pakistan have bulldozed 115 houses of Christian slum dwellers – whilst leaving the homes of nearby Muslim residents untouched. The victims are mainly deprived sewage, drainage and domestic cleaning workers.
Without warning the Christians, who had been preparing to go to work, were faced with teams of men with pickaxes, mallets and a steady stream of bulldozers and cranes, intent on destroying the homes that had been built by their occupants with cement and breeze-blocks. The families are now forced to live in tents, and other makeshift structures, with minimal insulation, through the bitterly cold Islamabad winter.
Pakistan floods: exclusive interview
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Severe flooding in Pakistan has affected 33 million people and caused well over 1,000 deaths, according to the National Disaster Management Agency. More than a quarter of a million people are in shelters, one-third of the country is under water, and damaged infrastructure is hampering aid and rescue operations. Some experts say the flood water could remain for months and crops fail for up to two years.
Evangelicals Now has been granted an exclusive interview with Juliet Chowdhry of the British Asian Christian Association (BACA), an advocacy and community relations organisation now actively involved in the relief work.
Pakistan nurses accused of blasphemy
Chris Sugden
Muslim
colleagues
have
accused
two
Christian nurses in Pakistan of committing
‘blasphemy’ by removing a sticker that had
a Qur’anic text written on it.
The nurse
removed
the
sticker while
cleaning
the head nurse’s cupboard and
gave it to the head nurse before finishing
her night shift. The following morning the
head nurse accused her of desecrating the
inscription.