ICC Note:

A Christian pastor and his family were beaten and forcefully evicted from their home in Farooqabad, Pakistan. According to reports, the dispute originated over the ownership of the home. According to the radicals that attacked, the home, which the Christian purchased two years ago, is “Muslim property” and should not be owned by a Christian. Discrimination against Christians in Pakistan is common because of their religious identity. Often this means Christians are relegated to low jobs and the worst areas of town in Pakistan.  

10/25/2016 Pakistan (Christian Today) – A Christian pastor and his family have been forcibly evicted from their home in Pakistan.

Michael Robert, pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Farooqabad, a city in Punjab, is the victim of a dispute over the house, which he bought about two years ago.

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Pastor Robert’s family filed a suit for fraud and the judged issued a restraining order barring anyone from forcibly evicting them until ownership was settled.

However, this appears to have been disregarded when more than 50 armed Muslim men stormed the house and attacked the family, a lawyer for advocacy group The Voice Society told Morning Star News.

Aneeqa Maria said: “The attack left Pastor Robert, his father Robert Masih and his wife seriously injured. The assailants arrived in the dark of night and started firing in the air with their weapons to terrorize the locals. They then forced open Pastor Robert’s gate and attacked the family, thrashing them violently as they threw household items out in the open.”

She said the Christian family was threatened with “grave consequences” if they did not vacate.

A concerned local resident called police who intervened to stop the attack.

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