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| Moslem’s Daughter Chairs Christian Committee to Free Kidnapped Priest |
| 2004-05-21 |
| This strange story, which surfaced in Rantburg yesterday, is really interesting. Members of the Christian community announced the formation of an action committee on Monday to expedite efforts for the release of Father Wilson Fazal who was allegedly kidnapped on Sunday. Aasia Nasir, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) member of the national assembly, was elected chairperson of the committee, Jay Prakash, the provincial minister for minorities, and John Ambrose, the member of the provincial assembly, were elected as office bearers of the committee. The government has been asked to get Father Fazal released within 48 hours otherwise they would agitate at all forums said Aasia Nasir, while talking to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Monday. She said the deadline will expire this Tuesday evening and if the priest is not released they would protest peacefully in front of the Quetta Press Club. The priest’s driver said that he saw the priest ride away in a car, but he did not know why he got into another car after getting out of his own, he said. Earlier on, Father Wilson Fazal, who is the priest of the Pakistan Gospel Assemblies in Quetta, reportedly received threatening letters from unidentified men telling him to stop preaching and close the institution. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #1 I see now that this story surfaced two days ago. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-05-21 9:13:39 PM |