Anglican Communion News Service

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams began an eight-day visit to Pakistan with a church service in Rawalpindi. Speaking in Christ Church, Rawalpindi on Tuesday [22nd November] Dr Williams told the congregation that their situation was similar to the boy whose loaves and fishes fed the five thousand (in John 6 v 5-14).

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The faithful of the Anglican Communion are deeply shocked and saddened by the terrorist attack on the Christian worshippers at St Dominic's Church in Bahawalpur on Sunday 28 October 2001, which resulted in 15 dead, including the Revd Emmanuel Alladita the priest of the Church of Pakistan congregation.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, has spoken of his sorrow following the massacre of worshippers in a church in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

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An emotional funeral was held October 29 at St. Dominic's church in the town of Bahawalpur in Pakistan's Punjab province for the 15 members of the Anglican Church of Pakistan massacred inside the same church during Sunday services.

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Due to the uncertainties following the September 11 attacks on the US, CMS missionaries in Pakistan are leaving the country and will return to Australia by the end of September. Many expatriates are leaving Pakistan with a number of embassies having issued general evacuation orders.

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We are happy to share a happy news with you that the President of Pakistan has conferred the "Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Civil) (Star of distinction) upon the Rt. Rev Dr Alexander John Malik, the Bishop of Lahore on the occasion of 53rd Independence Day of Pakistan

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I would like to report that last night at 18.00 hours on 24th, we heard a call given by Muslim Priest (Moulvi), in charge of mosque which is adjacent to the Bishop's house that some unknown person has made an attempt to incinerate several old copies of HOLY QURANs at 14.00 hours on 24th.

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In February this year three Christian villages in Pakistan were attacked and thousands of buildings and homes were destroyed by Muslims from neighbouring villages. The riots had been incited by broadcasts from local mosques and an estimated 20,000 Muslims went on the rampage. Twelve churches and 4,000 homes were completely destroyed in the villages of Khanewal, Shanti Nagar and Tobba.

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The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, has deplored the violence against the Christian community following recent outbreaks of violence in the Christian villages of Shantinagar and Khanewal in Punjab Province. He said that his Government would ensure the full protection and equal rights of minorities in Pakistan. He pledged that victims of the incident would be compensated and places of worship would be rebuilt at Government expense.

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Following the rioting and destruction of three Christian villages in Pakistan earlier this month by Muslims, leaders of the Christian and Muslim communities in the City of Bradford spoke out deploring the violence. In a letter sent to the Pakistani Acting High Commissioner in the UK they urged Pakistan's new Government to restore the confidence of religious minorities in the country and ensure that their basic rights as citizens are protected, and to commit itself to helping make good all the losses. The letter was signed by leaders of both Christian and Muslim communities including the Bishop of Bradford and the General Secretary of the Bradford Council for Mosques.

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 At the time of going to press the Anglican Communion Office was receiving a number of reports about the desecration of churches, Bibles and Christian homes in Khanewal, Shanti Nagar and Tobba villages. What follows is a summary of the reports received by 14 February.

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