Faith
Believers Stand Firm: Pakistan’s Christians Face New Tests of Faith in Home Evictions Threatening Marginalized Communities
Faith Facts
- Rimsha Colony, home to 25,000 mostly Christian residents, arose from families fleeing violence post-2012 fabricated Quran-burning accusation against a mentally disabled girl.
- Pakistan’s Supreme Court 2015 stay order and 2001 National Housing Policy prohibit evictions without relocation, yet CDA pushes anti-encroachment drive.
- HRCP urges ministers to halt demolitions, citing irony as authorities once resettled these families, violating constitutional property rights.
Thousands of Christian families in Islamabad’s Rimsha Colony and Sharpar Colony protest planned evictions by the Capital Development Authority, fearing loss of homes built over decades.
These low-income sanitation workers and laborers, relocated after the 2012 Rimsha Masih blasphemy case, now face displacement without resettlement, sparking cries for biblical justice and protection of the vulnerable.
“Where will we go? We have small children. Ever since this situation began, everyone in my house is worried.”
“Issuing directives to slum dwellers to vacate the land without offering them alternative shelters is a great injustice,” said community leader Imran Shahzad Sahotra.
Believers worldwide, let us pray for these persecuted families, upholding God’s command to defend the fatherless and widow, while advocating family stability and freedom rooted in divine law.