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A 14 year-old Christian girl who was reportedly abducted by five men outside her home in Sialkot, Punjab province, Pakistan, recently.
Sharif Masih said he fears the kidnappers may try forcibly to convert his daughter, Saneha Sharif, to Islam and force her to marry one of the suspects.
‘Saneha was lured out of the house by a Muslim girl whose family had recently moved to our neighbourhood,’ Masih told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. ‘A neighbour … saw her being bundled into a van.’
Masih, who works as a sweeper at a wedding marquee and is a member of the Brethren church, said the suspects included a man who had been making unwelcome advances toward his daughter, which she had always discouraged. He said he informed police as soon as he learned of her abduction on January 9 but that, despite repeated pleas to the police, they were not making any effort to recover Saneha.
He added that his wife had become ill since their daughter’s disappearance, requiring her twice to receive hospital treatment.
‘We are very weak and can only plead for the higher authorities to save our daughter from these criminals,’ he said.
UPDATE
The health of Zafar Bhatti, a 62-year-old pastor who has been in prison on blasphemy charges in Pakistan for more than 12 years, has reportedly been described as ‘critical’ by the prison doctor.
Zafar has several health conditions including diabetes and sores on his back and is receiving treatment for gangrene in his right foot. Most concerning of all is his heart function which is said to be at only 10 per cent.
Please remember him in your prayers, and also his wife, Nawab Bibi, who faces her own health issues.
(Sources: Christian Daily International-Morning Star News; Church in Chains)
Sharif Masih said he fears the kidnappers may try forcibly to convert his daughter, Saneha Sharif, to Islam and force her to marry one of the suspects.
‘Saneha was lured out of the house by a Muslim girl whose family had recently moved to our neighbourhood,’ Masih told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. ‘A neighbour … saw her being bundled into a van.’
Masih, who works as a sweeper at a wedding marquee and is a member of the Brethren church, said the suspects included a man who had been making unwelcome advances toward his daughter, which she had always discouraged. He said he informed police as soon as he learned of her abduction on January 9 but that, despite repeated pleas to the police, they were not making any effort to recover Saneha.
He added that his wife had become ill since their daughter’s disappearance, requiring her twice to receive hospital treatment.
‘We are very weak and can only plead for the higher authorities to save our daughter from these criminals,’ he said.
UPDATE
The health of Zafar Bhatti, a 62-year-old pastor who has been in prison on blasphemy charges in Pakistan for more than 12 years, has reportedly been described as ‘critical’ by the prison doctor.
Zafar has several health conditions including diabetes and sores on his back and is receiving treatment for gangrene in his right foot. Most concerning of all is his heart function which is said to be at only 10 per cent.
Please remember him in your prayers, and also his wife, Nawab Bibi, who faces her own health issues.
(Sources: Christian Daily International-Morning Star News; Church in Chains)
