Dr. Nazir S. Bhatti has been campaigning for equal rights for Christian people in Pakistan since 1985.
He is president of Pakistan Christian Congress [PCC] {See details www.pakistanchristiancongress.org}. He led numerous protests, hunger strikes, rallies and long marches with other leaders and members of PCC to condemn discriminatory laws in Pakistan. Before being forced to flee to US safety, he was arrested many times. He contested the blasphemy law in Lahore High Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan and has challenged the Hadood Ordinance. The government of Pakistan registered 21 false cases of treason and blasphemy against him on February 13 1998, in Karachi, for leading a protest against the burning of Christian village Shanti Nagar by radical Muslims in Punjab.