Kamran Chaudhry

Kamran Chaudhry is the correspondent of Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN) and Aid to the Church in Need (U.S.) in Pakistan. He previously worked as the communications officer at Caritas Pakistan National Secretariat in Lahore. He began his journalism career in 2005 after attaining a master's degree in English. He and his wife have a son and a daughter.

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Franciscan Missionary of Christ the King Sr. Fazilat Inayat prepare chilled sharbet (a popular South Asian beverage) on July 12, the fifth of Muharram, at a stall outside Dar-ul-Sukun Centre in Karachi, Pakistan. The congregation distributed the drink as Muslims of the Dawoodi Bohra community observed Ashara Munaraka. (Courtesy of Kashif Anthony)

Pakistani nuns' ministry includes aiding celebration for Muslims

Known among the Musim community for their social ministries, the Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King were chosen to help organize the observance of Ashara Mubaraka.

Sr. Genevieve Ram Lal speaks about gender equality at a Presbyterian Church in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 20. (GSR photo/Kamran Chaudhry)

Q & A with Sr. Genevieve Ram Lal, who fights for women's rights in Pakistan

Sr. Genevieve Ram Lal works to convince Pakistani women to stand up for a better society and educate the next generation.

Presentation Sisters are pictured May 24 with students who survived a gun attack May 16 at Sangota Public School in Swat Valley, Pakistan. Classes resumed May 24 when the students recited prayer in the morning assembly. A sign behind them reads "Welcome back." (Courtesy of Sr. Teresa Younas)

Convent school reopened following fatal shooting in Pakistan

Classes resumed May 24 for Sangota Public School in Swat Valley, Pakistan, after a fatal shooting at the school May 16. Sr. Teresa Younas, the school's principal, mourns a 9-year-old student who died from a head wound.

Photos of Sr. Berchmans Conway at the Convent of Jesus and Mary in Murree, Punjab province, Pakistan (Courtesy of Zarafshan Aman-e-Rum)

Sr. Berchmans Conway, lifelong educator in Pakistan, dies at 93

Sr. Berchmans Conway, a Irish member of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, spent 65 years teaching children in Pakistan. Officials and former students remembered her life of service after her death Dec. 20 at age 93.

Gypsy students at Soar Primary School in Lahore, Pakistan. With 82 students, the school caters to those who mostly come from families of beggars, day laborers, garbage collectors, sanitary workers and singers-dancers. (GSR photo/Kamran Chaudhry)

St. Joseph sisters in Pakistan focus on neglected itinerant community

St. Joseph of Chambery Sr. Shakila Bhatti founded the Soar Primary School in 2010 among Gypsies who lived in tents, with the school beginning as a small tent made of bamboo and tarpaulin sheet in often-swamped ground.

Fr. Tariq George, rector of the shrine in Mariamabad, at the Church of St. Mary and St. Joseph (Courtesy of Anthony Gill)

Monday Starter: More than 100 nuns join pilgrimage for Marian feast day in Pakistan

More than 100 nuns from 25 congregations helped at an annual three-day pilgrimage in Mariamabad, Punjab province, Pakistan. The 73rd pilgrimage linked to the feast of the Nativity of Mary was held Sept. 9-11.

Columban Fr. Pat Visanti visits villages in Badin parish, Sindh province, Aug. 25. (Courtey of Liam O'Callaghan)

Religious in Pakistan offer relief for victims still reeling from historic floods

Catholic sisters and bishops are aiding victims of catastrophic flooding in Pakistan that has killed more than 1,200 people, injured at least 12,500 and displaced more than 634,000 people since mid-June.

A Sister of Charity of Jesus and Mary serves tea to a resident of Shakina Home for the Aged in Youhanabad, Lahore, Pakistan. (Kamran Chaudhry)

Pakistan's record inflation burdens Charity sisters caring for older adults

The rising costs of electricity and petrol, compounded by a scorching heat wave, has forced the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary to change their lifestyle at their homes for older adults across Pakistan.

Sr. Mariam Gill (left) leads a sports session with female residents of Dar ul-Karishma (House of Wonders) in Youhanabad, a predominantly Christian district of Lahore, Pakistan. (Kamran Chaudhry)

In Pakistan, coronavirus challenges nuns serving the disabled

Donations for sisters' homes for the disabled have declined, not only because of Pakistan's fragile economy, but because COVID-19 has prevented traditional charity visits from Catholic parishioners.