Pakistani Christians demonstrate outside UN headquarters over Jaranwala violence
A large number of Pakistani Christians demonstrated outside the UN headquarters on Thursday evening and urged the world body to take decisive action to protect the minority community from mob attacks.
Although it was a working day, about 1,000 Christians came from across the US east coast to “show how the mob attacks in Jaranwala have hurt every Christian,” James Cyprian, one of the organisers of the rally, told Dawn News.
In a resolution shared with UN officials, the protesters urged the world body to persuade Pakistan to make laws to end future attacks on minorities.
The resolution demanded legislation to stop the misuse of blasphemy laws, and to end the practice of using blasphemy allegations for personal interests. It also urged the United Nations to play its role in guaranteeing religious freedom and to stop forced conversions, reports Dawn News.
“We feel insecure in our own homeland,” Ziba Gill, another Pakistani Christian activist, told Dawn News.
Gill said: “We are now seeking protection from the United Nations.”
Recently, the properties of several poor families were burnt down, damaged and looted and 21 churches were ransacked during rampage in Jaranwala.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
Related Articles
Shocking report: More than 90 percent of Gaza’s children showing aggressive behaviour after years of Israel-Hamas war
More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying signs of aggressive behaviour linked to more than two years of war between Hamas and Israel, welfare agencies have reported.
Ukraine rocked again: Russia launches massive strikes on Kyiv, 16 injured
At least 16 people were injured after Russia carried out a large-scale aerial attack on Ukraine's Kyiv city early Thursday, with drone and missile strikes hitting multiple parts of the capital, according to local media reports.
Democrats release Epstein emails suggesting Trump ‘knew about the girls’, White House calls it ‘fake narrative’
In a major political flashpoint, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday released a set of emails linked to Jeffrey Epstein, claiming they raise “serious questions” about former U.S. President Donald Trump’s knowledge of Epstein’s alleged sexual abuse and trafficking of minors.
'How many wives?' Trump asks Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in historic White House meeting
In a moment few could have predicted, US President Donald Trump on Monday hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, marking the first-ever official visit by a Syrian head of state to the United States since Syria gained independence from France in 1946.
Latest News
Successful police raids against drug smugglers: Two arrested with Ganja, large plantation destroyed
PM Modi warns of possible Congress split, says it has become 'Muslim League Maoist Congress'
Govt committed to strengthening higher education: CM
Six gamblers arrested by East Agartala police
