Anglican Communion News Service

Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC) reports that one of its member institutions, Edwardes College in Peshawar, Pakistan, has received a development grant in the amount of PKR 300 million (US$ 3.1 million) from the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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Communities which are still struggling and recovering from 2010 and 2011 floods were again recently affected by heavy rain, hill torrents and canal breaches. Bishop Leo Rodrick Paul from Multan Diocese, Church of Pakistan has asked for prayers and financial support to help the communities

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Thousands of people today broke into a church compound in Pakistan, burnt down the church, and destroyed the homes of two priests and the school headteacher.

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The Diocese of Hyderabad has launched an appeal for funds to help its local flood-stricken community, and the ACT Alliance has issued an appeal for Pakistan – hit by severe flooding for the second time in just two years.

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A memorial service was held in St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London for Shahbaz Batti the murdered Pakistan Minister of Minorities.

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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. It has invariably been the precursor of a breakdown of legal and political order and of long-term suffering for a whole population. And last week, with the killing of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Minister for Minorities, Pakistan has taken a further step down this catastrophic road.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York have made a statement condemning the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti, Minorities Minister in Pakistan.

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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.

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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.

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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. This incident has highlighted in a very painful and tragic way, the experiences of Pakistani Christians, who so often are victimized under the false pretext of either having desecrated the Holy Quran or insulting the holy Prophet of Islam.

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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.

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Anglicans around the world are expressing concern for, and solidarity with, fellow-Christians in Pakistan, particularly in view of the recent violence in the area of the Diocese of Faisalbad. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, issued a statement on August 4 2009.

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The World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia appealed to Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari to "ensure the safety and security" of Christians in the Punjab province, where three attacks against Christian communities were carried by militant Islamic groups in the last two months.

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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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