By Alex John
Special to ASSIST News Service
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Pastor Kamran Gill, 39, a resident of Lahore, has been threatened for evangelizing in the Punjab province.
Gill has been working with various human rights organizations and denominations for the development of the Youth and the marginalized communities.
He has been emphasizing on the importance of education in the central Punjab. The locals are not in the favor of educating the youth, so that they can keep them enslaved.
His wife passed away in Sept, 2011 leaving behind a 9 years old daughter. The recent threats forced Gill to keep his daughter at home as the extremists may target his daughter.
A formal complaint has been lodged and the police are investigating the matter.
Father John Samuel from the Lahore Diocese said, “It is ironic that a person stands to educate the masses, instead they start threatening him. They are afraid to educate the youth and they fear that if they will become educated, they will start asking questions and they will start thinking on their own.
“Unfortunately a few people in Pakistan want to keep the people covered with illiteracy, so that they can use them for their gain. On the International Human Rights day, we condemn such a violation of the basic human rights and we condemn the threats given to the evangelist for his work.”
A group called Illuminate, a women’s rights organization headed by Huma Kristina Yousaf, has issued a news release regarding International Human Rights Day in which it says, “Human rights belong to every one of us without exception. However; unless we know them, unless we demand that they be respected, and unless we defend our right and the right of others to exercise them, they will be just words in a decades old document.
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