ICC Note:
The parents of a Christian boy killed in the 2016 Easter Bombing in Lahore, Pakistan have forgiven the suicide bomber that killed their child. This act of forgiveness was recently revealed to Lahore’s Archbishop by the Christian couple. Christians and their places of worship in Pakistan have increasingly become targets for terrorist organizations causing many churches to engage security forces just to hold services. Despite this, Christians in Pakistan remain committed to their Christian faith. 
01/11/2017 Pakistan (Catholic Herald) – Catholic parents whose son was killed by a suicide bomber in the 2016 Easter Sunday attack at Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park, Pakistan have told Lahore’s archbishop that they have forgiven the man that killed their child.
Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Archbishop Sebastian Shaw said: “After celebrating Holy Mass I went up to a married couple to give them my blessing.
“They told me that my homily on mercy and pardon had helped them greatly, since they had lost a son in the attack in the Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park on Easter Sunday and that they had forgiven the suicide bomber who blew himself up in that attack.”
Pakistani Taliban group Jaamat-ul-Ahrar, which has reportedly declared ties with ISIS, took responsibility for the attack that killed 78 people and injured more than 300.
Christians in Pakistan have suffered a number of suicide bomb attacks on churches and public places, including the targeting of Churches in Youhanabad, Lahore in March 2015, where at least 15 people were killed and dozens were injured.
Archbishop Shaw said: “Security has been improved around our religious celebrations… But at the same time people are [still] a little frightened because, as happened last Easter, we know that we could well be attacked.”
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