Local doctors and experienced news correspondents are shocked by the appalling conditions being endured by some 2,000 Christians in downtown Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. Despite being only ten minutes from health centres, two people have died in the 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) heat, with many more in danger of dying from dehydration, infection or the cumulative effects of poverty.
How did they end up here? Approximately a year ago, around 214 Christian families were promised land in the Chak Shahzad district of Islamabad. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) of Islamabad arranged their move and told the families....
read the rest of the story here....http://www.barnabasfund.org/UK/News/Appeals/Crisis-appeals/2000-Pakistani-Christians-evicted-to-the-roadside-and-living-in-fear-of-typhoid.html
and the CNN coverage here: http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2009/08/13/perry.pakistan.camp.cnn
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