PAKISTAN - Evidence emerging from Pakistan’s Jaranwala district is pointing towards a comprehensive attempt to force the ejection of each and every Christian from the area and erase all signs of their presence.
Thousands of Christians fled as a huge mob of extremists descended on the district near Faisalabad in the Punjab Province. The apparent pretext for the rampage was an accusation of blasphemy against Christians in Jaranwala.
Video footage, photographs, first-hand reports of the violence and witness statements from those visiting the scenes of Wednesday’s attacks strongly point towards a pre-planned and concerted attempt to eliminate the Christian presence both from the town of Jaranwala and the villages in the surrounding district.
