According to All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, a Christian businessman, Irfan Khokar (33), was kidnapped from his place of business in Taxila, Pakistan on the evening of February 8. He was taken to an apartment where he was tied up. It appears that he was shot and killed when he attempted to free himself.
Irfan, along with his father, owned a successful bookstore. His father, BM Khokhar, attributes the killing to religious intolerance and bias against them, because their business was successful. Christian businesses frequently face attacks from militant Muslims who attempt to prevent the businesses from being successful.
Pray for Christians facing opposition, ridicule and frequently worse in the workplace. Pray for the strength to stand firmly in their faith. Pray for the family of Irfan Khokar and his wife, Aster, whom he had married only months before.
For more information on challenges facing Christians in Pakistan, go to https://www.vomcanada.com/pakistan.htm.
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