Healing the Invisible Scars of PersecutionFebruary 23, 2023 — 02/23/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – ICC recently conducted a trauma training session for students in Pakistan who have suffered trauma and persecution due to their religious beliefs. This training...
Land Stolen, Faith RestoredFebruary 20, 2023 — 02/20/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Yusuf is a Christian living in Pakistan whose inherited agricultural land was stolen from him by a Muslim tenant. Mughal, the tenant, had leased...
The GlareFebruary 18, 2023 — 02/18/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Early in my career of serving the persecuted, I visited Pakistan. I had dreaded going there because it is one of the world’s most...
A Generation Transformed with Knowledge and SkillsFebruary 16, 2023 — 02/16/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Survivors of gruesome terrorist attacks have a long journey ahead of them after the dust settles from the bombs and loved ones are laid...
The Flight of Afghan Christians to PakistanFebruary 9, 2023 — 02/09/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Christians and other refugees looking to leave Afghanistan have few choices. Neighboring Pakistan had potential exit routes, but the Pakistani government has clamped down...
Stifling the Praise of GodFebruary 2, 2023 — 02/02/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Pakistan’s systematic suppression of religious freedom has repeatedly earned its designation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) by the U.S. Government. U.S. Secretary...
Transforming a GenerationSeptember 23, 2022 — 09/23/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Survivors of gruesome terrorist attacks have a long journey ahead of them after the dust settles from the bombs and loved ones are...
Christians Make Up 90% of Islamabad’s Sanitation Workers; But That’s Not the Whole StoryAugust 23, 2022 — 08/23/2022 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – A recent article brought attention to the fact that 90% of Islamabad’s street cleaners are Christian. These workers receive little to no salary, often...
The Voices Heard Around the WorldMay 19, 2022 — 05/19/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The voices of persecution victims are often defined by their suffering. We hear people’s stories at the absolute lowest point of their lives. Often,...
Protest in Pakistan Following Child AbductionsJanuary 28, 2022 — 01/28/2022 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – 2022 has only just begun, and at least four Christian girls have been abducted this year in Pakistan. The Union of Catholic Asian News...
Christian Girl Abducted and Raped in PakistanJanuary 26, 2022 — 01/25/2022 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this month, a 16-year-old Christian girl was kidnapped near her college in Okara by a Muslim man. She was drugged and then driven...
Finland, EU Denounce Pakistani Man’s Death Sentence Over BlasphemyJanuary 18, 2022 — 01/18/2022 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Finland and the European Union have condemned the sentencing of Pastor Zafar Bhatti. Bhatti is a Pakistani man who has been sentenced to death...
From Adoption to RedemptionJanuary 17, 2022 — 01/17/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – When All Saints Church in Pakistan was bombed in September 2013 by extremists, 127 Christians were killed, and another 250 were injured. It...
Christian Teen Abducted and Forcefully Married to 45-Year-Old Muslim Neighbor in PakistanJanuary 16, 2022 — 01/16/2022 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to Morning Star News, a 14-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan was abducted, forcefully converted to Islam, and forcefully married to her 45-year-old Muslim...
Christian Leaders in Pakistan Express Doubts Over First-Ever Digital CensusJanuary 11, 2022 — 01/11/2022 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), Christian leaders doubt Pakistan’s first-ever digital census will accurately count the country’s Christian minority. These...
Supreme Court in Pakistan Grants Bail for Christian Accused of BlasphemyJanuary 9, 2022 — 01/09/2022 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), a Christian man accused of blasphemy was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court of...
