Columbans in Pakistan
Columban missionaries came to Pakistan in 1979. A predominately Islamic nation, Columbans work among the poor, landless and illiterate in Lahore. Columbans operate parish schools to educate the young. Medical missions, such as tuberculosis clinics are also part of the work.
Columbans work in three parishes in two separate dioceses, Lahore, in Punjab province to the north-east and Hyderabad, down south in Sindh.