Christians urged to keep calm

LAHORE
CHAIRMAN All Pakistan Christians Association of the USA (APCA) William Shahzad has condemned the suicide bomb attack on the churches in Youhannabad, terming it a heinous crime against all innocent Pakistanis.
He has appealed to the Christian community to remain peaceful and refrain from harming lives and properties of their fellow Pakistanis. Talking to The News from New York Monday, William Shahzad said all the Pakistani Christian community in America has been shell-shocked over this brutal crime against innocent men, women and children at two churches during Sunday prayers in Youhannabad and strongly condemn it.
The chairman of APCA of USA said in this hour of great loss and a national tragedy we shall stand united to defeat enemies of Pakistan and the humanity. He prayed for the departed souls and offered his sympathies to the families of the lost brothers and sisters in this heinous attack. He said every Pakistani in America was under a state of shock and grief over the martyrdom of 16 innocent people as a result of suicide bomber attack.
William Shahzad maintained that the present situation which has arisen from agitation by the Christian community over brutal killings of innocent people, will not bring any good to the families of the martyred but will only benefit the terrorist. By killing innocent people, the enemies of Pakistan and its people want to disturb peace and disrupt process of progress in our beloved country.
APCA chairman urged Christians, as well the Muslim community not to allow anti-Pakistan and anti-peace forces to succeed by creating a conflict between them. He condemned the incidents of violence during the protest by the Christian community on the roads and causing harm to the properties of their innocent Pakistani brothers and sisters. William Shahzad is an American citizen of Pakistani origin who hails from Lahore and was quite disturbed over the tragedy which took 16 lives. He commented that the news of violent protests on Ferozpur Road near Youhannabad and other places in the city saddened him further, since dividing Pakistanis and disrupting peace in the country was major goal of anti-Pakistan forces. He said by taking law in their hands by causing harm to the public and private property, protestors would do no service to the aggrieved families and to the bleeding nation.