Protest erupt after Muslims stopped church construction

Protest sparked throughout the country against the restriction of the construction a church in Okara, Pakistan, demanding the government to take stringent measure for the security of the minorities.

Sharing Life Ministry Pakistan staged a protest rally in front of Lahore Press Club, Lahore.

The protest demonstrators expressed their angst over the inhuman act, terming it criminal negligence on the part of the provincial government. Sohail John, chairman Sharing Life Ministries said that the state has failed to provide human shelters to the minorities in Pakistan. He said this is beyond doubt that this is our war and we will need to not only openly fight it but own it instead of living in denial. Addressing on the occasion, demonstrators said that police neither provided them with security nor they took adequate arrangements for their protection. They said the Christian community and its wors

Sohail Johnson praying during the protest rally 

hip places in Pakistan have become unsafe due to the acts of a few fanatics.

Earlier Pakistan Christian Congress staged a protest rally in Okara Press Club, Okara. Protesters holding banners and play card demanding to provide safe and secure place for Pakistani minorities. PCC chief Dr. Nazir S Bhatti said Christian have been living in fear for a long while in Pakistan this incident shows that the state has failed to provide the minorities the right to live. He said that all Christians be sent to the Christian majority countries if you don’t allow them to construct their worship places.

Shamim Masih, a Christian journalist and human rights activist said Christian in Pakistan do not have any protection, even constitutional protection is not seen in practice. The Christians appealed to the federal and provincial government to provide them with foolproof security. They demanded end to terrorist activities.