Inclusion of Religion Column in
National Identity Card.

In October, 1992, the Federal Minister for Religious and Minorties affair, Chief of Religious Political Party, Jamiat Ulma e Pakistan, Moulana Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi, announced the decision of inclusion of religion colum in the National IdentityCard. The administration of identity card falled under the Ministry of Interior affairs, but this religious muslim leader asminorty minister along with other religious leaders in National Assembly of Pakistan enforced this anti-christian law.Pakistan christian Congress condemn this decision of the government and said that its implimentation would promote thedivisive tendencies in pakistan society and shall harm the country,s integrity and sprit of ' oneness ' among the people of pakistan as a nation, declaring it unjust and unwise. PCC has the view that it was against the principles laid down in costitution of islamic republic of pakistan of 1973.

On oct.31,1992, PCC orgnised a protest rally at regal Chowk, saddar, Karachi, when the millitary operation in Sind Province was on way and all the public gatherings were prohibted. Pakistan Christian Congress took out the procession as announced in press confrence. The Karachi Police arrested 32 leaders and members of PCC under section 151 CrPC( aprehension of the breach of peace)

When we go in details of this decion of insertion of religion column in national identity card of the govrnment of Pakistan, we keep in consideration that since 1947, Independence of Pakistan; The muslim religious poltical parties demands to ban the christian evanglisim and reviral of muslim socity, having intimate fear of christian teaching was observed, but existinglaws in constitution "constitution of pakistan 1956' and' constitiution of peoples of pakistan 1962' prevented to put aparthied in the different religious communties of pakistan. In 1973 the "Islamic Republic of Pakistan" constitution was passed by the legislatian Assembly of Pakistan, adopting the' objective resoulation' as preamble of the constitution, As the objective resoulation, stating the Islamic system shall be the Government of pakistan, objectiveresoulation, Being part of constitution of 1973, encourage such forces intersted in implementation of Islamic laws ,the supremacyy of Quramic laws and Sunnah with impression that Gods is only for Muslims and all those who do,t believe in Islam, have not any right to enjoy equal rigth in islamic repablic of pakistan, in social economic and political fields, as it was assumed now that pakistan is only for muslim, neglecting the sacrifise and support of christian in pakistan movement, more over the fear of christian evanglic having supernatural and universal attitude of attraction for peace ,loveand rigthiosnes was felt major abstacle by the ellitrate and in majority muslim religions leaders in pakistan . in reaction the fiday sermons turned to be platforms to condemn christianity and publication of matrial against christian of pakistan increased immensly . these were proposal by muslim religions leaders from decads to allocate a special color of clothes and turban for christians identification on street,s same like the hindu sociaty in early ages when sechdulecasts were forced to wear partienlar color turlar. The action Of PCC was higly appreciated by Christians in Pakistan and national news papers published the PCC compaign against government oppersion.