The St Joseph church was one of the buildings demolished on the 25th of August during the evictions in Sadiq Nagar, along the Gujjar Nala, a stream that runs through the Archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan’s most populous city.

Local media have described the operation as an “anti-encroachment” campaign by the government to clear out several illegal settlements in the area.

Various places of worship were affected. Three churches affiliated with the Philadelphia Evangelical Church, a Pentecostal denomination, were completely demolished, while half of St Joseph’s Catholic Church collapsed. Many houses were also torn down or rendered uninhabitable.

Source: asianews.it