ICC Note: A 20-year-old Christian was shot dead by a group of young Muslim boys in Pakistan, the Pakistan Christian Post reports. “It is a pity that in the country of over 180 Million people, Christians are living their lives in fear and under the shadows of death. Our fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters including the children are living like cattle. Nobody knows when his time is coming up for being murdered,” said Aneeqa Maria, an advocate for the Voice.
4/15/2013 Pakistan (Pakistan Christian Post) – Allah Ditta a 20 years old domestic worker of Meo hospital was living in a small village named talab Sarae at Manga Mandi. There are about 150 Christian families residing in this small village. Allah Ditta was earning to support his family of five sisters among which one is physically handicapped, a younger brother and old parents of about 70 years of age. on the day of occurrence i.e. 4th April 2013 at about 7:00pm in the evening when he came back from his duty, he went to the street after having his meals. a gang of Muslim boys aged about 17-19 years were sitting in the street and were passing awful and filthy remarks to the women and boys of the Christian colony. This gang included (1) Amjad Alias Kala s/o Wali Muhammad, (2) Shan s/o Muhammad Afzal caste Rajpoot, (3) sabar s/o Muhammad Suba and (4) Sadam s/o Shoukat Caste Jatt. They all resided in the same village but in the Muslim Colony. They saw Allah Ditta and started passing filthy remarks about his disabled sister. Allah Ditta in return abused them and asked them to leave the colony. Shan and his friends got offensive, Shan elevated a contention to shut the tongue of Allah Ditta saying that he is a Christian and he should not dare to abuse or stop us. We are supreme Muslims and all other Human beings are our slaves. Mean while other Christian people started listening to the dispute. Sadam put out his gun and shot Allahditta in his head. Allha ditta died at the spot and the gang escaped firing the shots. A source from the village informed the Voice Society about this incidence. The Voice Team included, Advocate Aneeqa Maria, Khurram Akhtar (Research Officer) , Napolean Qayyum, Shahid Anthony and Gohar, reached the village.
“It is a pity that in the country of over 180 Million people, Christians are living their lives in fear and under the shadows of death. Our fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters including the children are living like cattle. Nobody knows when his time is coming up for being slaughtered/murdered. Law enforcing agencies and police are looking for such incidents so that they can make money as a bribe from the offender, making this appalling confrontation a catastrophe” Said the Voice Chief Aneeqa Maria Advocate.
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