The charity deals with social and labor issues, while it also publishes a magazine called Jafakash (Hard Worker).
These murders were the latest in a series of acts of violence targeting the Christian minority community in Pakistan.
Idara administrator Zafar Iqbal said that the bishops were to meet soon to finalize the resumption of activities by the committee and it was hoped that the office could be open again in a few months.
[4] There are two similar organizations for Social Action in Pakistan: the Human Development Center Toba Tek Singh and the Justice & Peace Commission - Multan.
In 2009, Peter Jacob was the executive secretary of the NCJP[6] and Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha was the chairperson of the Commission.