An interesting development from the Church of Pakistan

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I have no clue what to make of this, but it is very interesting…

[update: Kendall has now picked up the story, so maybe there will be more light shed on it.]

Church of Pakistan demands representation in Anglican Consultative Council.

Karachi; April 10, 2006. The Church of Pakistan (United) have demanded representation in Anglican Consultative Council in a letter to Dr. Rowan D. Williams, President, Anglican Consultative Council, Right Reverend John Paterson, Chairman, Anglican Consultative Council & Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand and The Reverend Canon Kenneth Kearon, Secretary, Anglican Consultative Council, Anglican Communion Office, 16 Tavistock Crescent , London .

It is submitted that Church of Pakistan ( United) is one of the churches/members of the Anglican Consultative Council according to the schedule of membership prescribed in Article 3(a) of the Constitution of the Anglican Consultative Council.

That the Church of Pakistan (United) is presently been represented in the Anglican Consultative Council by Rt. Rev. Dr. Alexander John Malik of `The Church of Pakistan Lahore Diocesan Council` in utter disregard to the Constitutions of the Anglican Consultative Council and that of the Church of Pakistan (United).

It may please be clarified that `The Church of Pakistan Lahore Diocesan Council` and `The Church of Pakistan` are two different churches/bodies/organizations and `The Church of Pakistan` is a United Church and a member of the ACC. Whereas `The Church of Pakistan Lahore Diocesan Council` is an independent and parallel Church, free from any control, legal or legislative or administrative or otherwise of any CHURCH or COUNCIL or SYNOD or SOCIETY external to itself and has not been privileged to be a member of the Anglican Consultative Council.

Please note that the Constitution of the ACC in its Article 3(b) clearly states that:-

“Members shall be appointed as provincial, national or regional machinery provides. Alternate members shall be appointed in a similar manner and shall be invited to attend a meeting if the ordinary member is unable to be present for a whole session of the council. Any appointment of a member or alternate member may be revoked by the body that made the appointment.”

While the Article 4(a) of the Constitution of ACC says that:-

“Each of the appointing bodies shall have regard to the desirability of ensuring that any member appointed to represent it on the council shall be a member of its own representative structures and that such person shall be given appropriate opportunity to report the proceedings of the council to its own decision-making bodies and to convey the views of such decision-making bodies to the council.”

It may also be noted that the Constitution of `The Church of Pakistan Lahore Diocesan Council` in its Section – I, Article – 10 states that:-

“The Church of Pakistan Lahore Diocesan Council is an autonomous Church and free from any control, legal or legislative or administrative or otherwise of any Church or Council or SYNOD or Society external to itself.”

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  • James Manley

    So does Canterbury recognize two parallel provinces in Pakistan? Interesting.
    And yes, Chazaq, very nicely played.

  • Nadeem Earnest Lahore

    The members of the Church of Pakistan have requested the Partners and the Archbishop time and again to appoint a fact finding commission or alternatively ask the British High Commission in Pakistan to investigate the alleged misdeeds but their lackadaisical attitude is leaving the members with no other alternative then to knock the door of Courts of Law. Instead of redressing the issues of unconstitutional establishment of an autonomous Church within the Church of Pakistan and protecting the properties of the Church, the Partners are proving their sincerity with the Rt. Rev. Alexander John Malik at the cost of the Church. The Church of Pakistan is being misrepresented in Anglican Communion by a Bishop of a parallel Church and the members are repeatedly demanding institution of inquiry in this regard but lackadaisical attitude of Partners is forcing the members to approach Courts of Law for resolving this issue.

  • http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/newsviewsdetails.php?newsid=499 K.Soomro

    Sindh High Court order impleadment of CPBT. By Khalid Soomro

    Karachi: The Sindh High Court at Karachi here on Tuesday, 28th March 2006, ordered impleadment of The Church Properties Bachao Tehrik, as a necessary party to the dispute over the ownership and illegal sale of St. Andrew`s Church, Karachi.

    The Honorable Justice Nadeem Azher Saddiqui on an application filed by the Tehrik, through its National Coordinator, Bishop Ijaz Inayat Masih, in a Civil Suit No. 778/2004, made the orders. The Suit was pending adjudication between Rev. Sadiq Daniel, Mr. Sardar Saddique Khan, Attorneys of the Church of Scotland Trust in Pakistan, Lahore Church Council and Government of Sindh, regarding the dispute over the ownership and illegal sale of the said property to Mr. Sardar Saddique Khan by the Attorneys of the Church of Scotland Trust in Pakistan.

    The Church Property Bachao Tehrik through Mr. Raja Qureshi, Advocate requested the Court on behalf of the members of the Church of Pakistan that the impugned property belongs to the Church of Pakistan and the Honorable Courts vide their earlier orders have already banned the sale of Church properties; he added that vide an order dated 13.02.1999 the Honorable on the request of Bishop Ijaz Inayat Masih was pleased to order that no third party beneficial interest would be created by anybody in respect of Church properties and in order to save the communal property of St. Andrew`s Church, Karachi impleadment of the Applicant is necessary and in the interest of the beneficiaries of the said communal property.

    The Honorable Court after hearing the Counsels, on Tuesday ordered that since the Applicant seems to be a proper and necessary party to the dispute and it would be in the interest of justice to implead him as a party, an amended title of the Suit be filed within a week and ordered the Applicant to file Written Statement till next date of hearing i.e. 02.05.2006.

  • Revd Emis Daniel

    Members of the Church of Pakistan (United) and Church in Pakistan at large simply do not understand as to why the leadership of Anglican Communion and other related bodies/forums are supporting with Bishop Alexander John Malik and his associates, who have done their best to distort and deteriorate the Bride of Jesus Christ.
    Perhaps it is Bishop Malik’s stance of supporting “GAY & LESBIAN MOVEMENT” or distribution of shares from the illegal and unconstitutional sale of a number of valuable Church properties in Pakistan, which makes the leadership of the Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council and Partners to ignore Bishop Malik’s and his associates unbiblical, unethical, illegal and unconstitutional activities.
    No doubt these so called Pakistani Church Leaders are involved in the selling of the valuable properties of the Church of Pakistan and hence are draining out the resources of the Church of Pakistan for their personal gains.
    Bishop Malik alienated himself from the Church of Pakistan (United) in 1996, the members of the Church of Pakistan did their best to publish and notify his alienation to the Church Leaders and forums within and outside Pakistan. It is regretting and shameful that despite of rejoining the Church of Pakistan (United) he remained alienated and is posing himself as the Primate of the Church of Pakistan and representing the Church of Pakistan (United) in the Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, and other Christian forums worldwide.
    Bishop Malik has various lawsuits pending adjudication against him in the courts of law with regards to his illegal status and numerous cases the Honorable courts have restrained him from posing to be the Moderator/Primate of the Church of Pakistan (United) or meddling in the affairs of the Church of Pakistan (United).
    It seems quite obvious that if Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, Partners (CPMPF) and Church leaders are not willing to withdraw their support to Bishop Malik and his associates it amounts to facilitating them in there illicit intent of monopolizing the Properties and Assets of the Church of Pakistan and depriving the honest representation of the Church of Pakistan, thus the concerned authorities might have to justify their standing before the Honorable courts of Law in Pakistan.

    Revd Emis Daniel
    Secretary Special Commission
    Diocese of Karachi, Church of Pakistan (United)