Father George Ibrahim, a Roman Catholic priest from Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, was killed there on 5 July 2003.

He was born in Khushpur

Khushpur

Khushpur is a Christian village in Faisalabad District in Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 31°7'0N 72°53'0E with an altitude of 167 metres...

, Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

 on 10 July 1964. He received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary

Christ the King Seminary

The Christ the King Mission Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary in Quezon City, Philippines run by the Divine Word Missionaries, more popularly known as the "Society of the Divine Word" .-External links:*...

 and was ordained a priest on 3 September 1993.

Father Ibrahim was shot dead by armed men who broke into his parish of Our Lady of Fatima in Renala Khurd

Renala Khurd

Renala Khurd is a growing city of Okara District in the north east of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the headquarters of Renala Khurd Tehsil - an administrative subdivision of the district. Its approximate height above sea level is about...

, Okara

Okara District

Okara District is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The Multan Road connects the district capital, Okara with tLahore 110 km away. Okara began as a small town about 40 km from the city of Sahiwal. It later become a city in its own right. According to the 1998 census, the district had a...

 district, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad

Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan.Erected in 1960, as the Diocese of Lyallpur, the diocese was created from the Diocese of Multan...

. His funeral was held on 18 July 2003, and was attended by more than 3,000 people. The service was performed by Bishop Joseph Coutts of Faisalabad.

On September 3, 2003, a delegation of Christians has asked the acting governor of Punjab, Chaudhry Afzal Sahi, to replace the police officer investigating the murder of Father George Ibrahim.