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Kross Konnection Media is dedicated to highlighting the real-life stories and struggles of religious minorities in South Asia.

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Serious allegations of financial #misappropriation and #corruption in the largest #Protestant #church in #Pakistan raises a question on absence of #accountability in institutions of public trust.
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@MichaelNazirAli
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Farhan Ul Qamar was shot dead in the presence of other family members on Nov 9. His father, Noor Ul Qamar says the killer, Muhammad Zubair, showed hatred for #Christians and #Jews, mistakenly referring to the family as Jews as he ranted at them.

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@voice_minority Farhan's elder brother Shahan has denied that his brother was killed over a social media post. Here's his account of the incident: https://t.co/up53iveZvx

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Farhan Ul Qamar was gunned down in front of his parents in their under-construction house in #Pasrur on Nov 9, but #Sialkot police have so far been unable to unearth the motive behind the youth's gruesome #murder.

https://t.co/up53iveZvx

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Police probe has revealed that #arson at #Gulberg Presbyterian Church in #Lahore on Nov 16 was not religiously motivated. The perpetrator, church treasurer Zubair Khokhar had planned it to appear that way.

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Pastor says unknown group had threatened dire consequences if volume of church's sound system was not limited to premises during Sunday service.
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@HRCP87 @BishopAzadM
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Shaukat Masih and his wife Kiran were arrested and charged under Section 295-B of the #blasphemy statutes after a local #Muslim man accused them of throwing torn pages of the #Quran from the roof of their house in #Lahore on Sept 8.

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Karishma Devi, a 17yr old #Hindu girl, was abducted, gang-raped and murdered by three men in a remote region in South Punjab on Oct 3. Let's raise our voice for #JusticeForKarishma

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#Christian leaders believe unwarranted #activism in alleged fake assassination bid case of #Jaranwala Pastor Eleazar Sidhu alias #PastorVicky has damaged pursuit of justice in main #Jaranwala cases.

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Shaukat Masih and his wife Kiran were arrested for alleged #Quran desecration in #Lahore on Sept 8 even though they were not present in their house at time of incident, sources say.
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Increasing cases of misuse of the #blasphemy law have instilled fear in the religious minorities of Pakistan, especially in wake of the #Jaranwala incident where multiple churches and homes of #Christians were attacked after two brothers were accused of desecrating the #Quran

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A #Christian couple in #Lahore has been booked on blasphemy charges after an area resident accused them of allegedly desecrating the #Quran. According to initial info, the couple have been arrested after religious activists staged a protest after Friday prayers.

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A #Christian couple in #Lahore has been booked on blasphemy charges after an area resident accused them of allegedly desecrating the #Quran. According to initial info, the couple have been arrested after religious activists staged a protest after Friday prayers.

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A video shows #Jaranwala pastor Reverend Eleazar Sidhu explaining how the assailants told him to convert and then opened fire on him when he refused to renounce his #Christian faith.

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@ADFIntl @bilalfqi @BishopAzadM @CSI_humanrights @CSWadvocacy @HRCP87 @Sean_ADFIntl @voice_minority @fispahani @sherryrehman @juliabicknell

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Eleazar Sidhu says unidentified persons had been threatening him since Aug 28 after he asked police to remove Islamic slogans from the walls of his church in #Jaranwala.
The attackers also forced him to recite the Kalima before opening fire, he says.

https://t.co/D7Ls649115

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Eleazar Sidhu says unidentified persons had been threatening him since Aug 28 after he asked police to remove Islamic slogans from the walls of his church in #Jaranwala.
The attackers also forced him to recite the Kalima before opening fire, he says.

https://t.co/D7Ls649115

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Though the petition has been taken up after a prolonged delay of two years, #Christians are hoping that the SC will consider all aspects and order measures for protection of underage girls.

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#NayabGill was 13.5 yr old when her Muslim employer forcibly converted and married her in 2021. Lahore High Court sent the minor with her abductor while her parents with support of @BishopAzadM moved the SC for her custody through @Saifulm32731039...

https://t.co/agdo7bNQ6J

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#NayabGill was 13.5 yr old when her Muslim employer forcibly converted and married her in 2021. Lahore High Court sent the minor with her abductor while her parents with support of @BishopAzadM moved the SC for her custody through @Saifulm32731039...

https://t.co/agdo7bNQ6J

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Overnight appearance of the slogan of an Islamic hardline party, #TLP, on the outer wall of a church in #Faisalabad's Rehmat Town area has raised fears of deliberate attempts to stoke violence against #Christians in #Punjab who are still reeling from the attacks in #Jaranwala.

[Kross Konnection @kkmediapk]

Overnight appearance of the slogan of an Islamic hardline party, #TLP, on the outer wall of a church in #Faisalabad's Rehmat Town area has raised fears of deliberate attempts to stoke violence against #Christians in #Punjab who are still reeling from the attacks in #Jaranwala.

[Kross Konnection @kkmediapk]

There's a sizeable Christian population in Sargodha and all efforts should be made to ensure their protection. Please note that in July the Christians were twice forced to flee their homes in Sargodha after two community members were accused of committing #blasphemy.

[Kross Konnection @kkmediapk]

Two weeks after rioters ransacked churches and homes of #Christians in #Jaranwala, TLP (Tehreek-e-Labbaik) has given a call for mass protests against alleged Quran desecration incidents in #Sargodha on Sunday, Aug 27.
@GovtofPunjabPK @anwaar_kakar @OfficialDGISPR pl intervene