{"id":65429,"date":"2025-10-03T20:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=65429"},"modified":"2025-10-03T20:27:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:27:02","slug":"pastor-survives-assassination-attempt-in-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/pastor-survives-assassination-attempt-in-islamabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastore sopravvive a un tentativo di assassinio a Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Pakistan (International Christian Concern) \u2014 A Presbyterian pastor narrowly survived an assassination attempt on Sunday morning after being shot in Islamabad\u2019s Iqbal Town.\u00a0 Pastor Kamran Naz, head of the Presbyterian Christian Church in Pakistan, was traveling from Gujranwala to Islamabad around 7 a.m. to conduct Sunday worship. 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