![The aftermath of the mob violence in Jaranwala.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0926Pakistan-e1695739039745.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Catholic charity announces emergency aid to riot victims
A Catholic charity is providing emergency relief to hundreds of people whose livelihoods were destroyed in the…
![Bishop Indrias Rehmat of Faisalabad presiding at Mass held outside the torched St Paul’s Church, Jaranwala (© Caritas Pakistan Faisalabad)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0821Pakistan_1-c-Caritas-Pakistan-Faisalabad-e1692695176618.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Parishioners gather for Mass outside their torched church
There were tears of sadness and fear in Pakistan yesterday (20th August) as a crowd of 700…
![A building attacked during the riots.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0817Pakistan2-e1692289234645.jpg)
PAKISTAN: 1,000 frightened and homeless Christians forced to sleep rough
Nearly 1,000 panic-stricken Christians in Pakistan spent last night in fields of sugar cane having narrowly escaped…
![The aftermath of an arson attack in Jaranwala.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0816Pakistan-1-e1692202738185.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Mass exodus as mobs burn churches and homes
Up to 15 church buildings have been attacked and hundreds of Christian homes destroyed after extremists went…
![Archbishop Joseph Arshad of Islamabad-Rawalpindi.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0814Pakistan-e1692013772867.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Christian schools promoting religious tolerance
False accusations of blasphemy against Christians and other vulnerable minorities can only be prevented by improving education,…
![St Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0712Pakistan-scaled-e1689166656402.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Tabitha – My new life
A Pakistani Christian nurse, who narrowly escaped being lynched by a mob of hundreds after being accused…
![Bishop Yousaf Sohan of Multan, Pakistan.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ACN-20230706-149290-scaled-e1689005332636.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Tensions rise after burning of Qur’an in Sweden
Several churches in Pakistan have been forced to close after Islamist extremists declared they are seeking revenge…
![A meeting of the Commission for Interfaith Dialogue and Ecumenism in the Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad, with Bishop Samson Shukardin and Father Shahzad Khokhar.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/0629Pakistan.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Interfaith dialogue bearing fruit, bishop says
A Christian leader in Pakistan has praised interfaith dialogue meetings for lifting tensions in the region –…
![A classroom in a school in Pakistan.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/0524Pakistan-scaled-e1684944478728.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Bishops’ outrage after policeman kills two girls at a Catholic school
Pakistan’s two leading bishops have demanded that security be tightened in schools across the country after two…
![A mother and child in Pakistan](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/0428Pakistan-e1682674017869.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Bishop encounters vibrant Catholic Church punching above its weight
Bishop Tom Neylon, Lead Bishop for Asia for the Bishops’ Conference, has recently returned from a week-long…
![Attack on Joseph Colony Lahore (Image: Michael Massey)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Joseph-Colony-Lahore-attack-090313-7-e1680193175963.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Justice is served… at last
A Christian man in Pakistan, who languished in jail for nearly eight years, has been released after…
![Kinza Sindhu (face pixilated).](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Doc2-scaled-e1679071632644.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Raped at gunpoint
A Catholic girl in Pakistan, who was raped and forced to convert by her kidnapper, has spoken…