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Bishop Indrias Rehmat of Faisalabad and others take part in the 'black day' protest in Jaranwala on Aug. 16. observed a"black day" to mark the first anniversary of a mob attack on churches and settlements in Punjab’s Jaranwala on Aug. 16 last year.
As per the Supreme Court, compensation has been given to 85 families out of 146 families suggested by local Church groups. “At least five of us faced this problem. The government has left us at the mercy of apathetic officials and religious extremists,” he said. Still, there is no progress in the case, noted Father Khalid Rashid Asi, director of the Catholic bishops' Commission for Justice and Peace in Faisalabad diocese which covers Jaranwala.“We attended meetings of government committees but nothing is happening,” Asi told UCA News.
, a brick kiln worker, was convicted of posting a blasphemous letter on social media and thus “offending the sentiments of Muslims and trying to promote religious hatred.”Reuben Qamar, a member of the Presbyterian Church, led a protest of about 200 Christians outside a Jaranwala graveyard where several graves were desecrated during the riot last year.
“We call upon the government to discuss the reasons behind the rise of extremism and the plight of religious minorities in Pakistan,” CICF said in a statement.
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