Maurice Shahbaz founded the Prisons Mission Society of Pakistan after spending 12 years unjustly imprisoned from age 13 to 25. During his imprisonment, he completed his education from matriculation to B.A. and diplomas in Urdu and Punjabi. The society aims to help prisoners through education, health, legal, and rehabilitation departments. It provides academic and religious education to 300 prisoners annually and health seminars on diseases. The society coordinates with 170 teachers to help prisoners and their families throughout imprisonment and after release. However, Christian prisoners face persecution and denial of religious freedom compared to other faiths in Pakistani prisons.

1. M A U R I C E S H A H B A Z 1
Contact Number: +92-3008881483,+92-3407363555
E-mail: prisonsmissionsociety@yahoo.com
www.prisonsmissionsociety.com
Facebook.com/Maurice Shahbaz

2. INTRODUCTION
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I am Maurice Shahbaz, Founder and Director of Prisons
Mission Society of Pakistan.

3. THE DAY OF MY IMPRISONMENT AND RELEASE FROM PRISON
The birth of the Prisons Mission Society came about when I
was given a life imprisonment sentence in July 1986.I was 13
years old when I experienced many difficulties and extreme
trials during 12 unjust years in prison and completed my
education from Matriculation, F.A., B. A, Diploma in Further
Studies in Urdu, Diploma in Further Studies in Punjabi in
remaining in imprisonment. I got released from prison on
10th June, 1998 after 12 years.
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4. VISION
To Hook (Outreach), Heal (emotional & spiritual
restoration) and Help (Transitional assistance) and
create a better world for prisoners to promote the
education skills of prisoner’s as well as moral character
and to equip them to face their future upon their
release.
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5. OUR DEPARTMENTS
■Education Department
■ Health Department
■ Legal Department
■ Rehabilitation and Social Welfare Department
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6. FAITH-BASED PROGRAMS OR SERVICES AND
ACADEMIC EDUCATION FOR PRISONERS.
PMS is yearly helping to 300 prisoners for improving
their academic qualifications and provides books,
stationary to the Prisoners for Adult Literacy,
Religious books and Literature, Matriculation, F.A.,
B.A., classes in prisons.
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7. HEALTH AWARENESS THROUGH SEMINARS,
WORKSHOP , CAMPS IN PRISONS
PMS is providing better health facilities and to educate
prisoners about health through arranging seminars,
workshop, camps inside prisons on communicable
diseases and Drug prevention awareness education.
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8. TO COORDINATE WITH THE PRISONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
PMS has 170 educated and qualified teachers/Pastors/Doctors for
education in different prisons for prisoners and their families in
the different areas of Pakistan to providing advocacy, resources,
education, mentoring and fellowship with each member
throughout the duration of the prison sentence and well in
advance of the inmate's eventual release back into the
community.
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9. EQUAL RIGHTS FOR PRISONERS
The right to non-discriminatory treatment (freedom from
discrimination on the basis of characteristics such as race,
sex, color, etc.). but The Christian community inside the
prisons of The Punjab in Pakistan are being persecuted
and denied the same religious freedom as other religions.
The missionaries/Pastors /Teachers have increasingly
stopped access to the prisoners, while Muslim religious
teachers (including the Muslim religious teaches of jail's
staff) can preach and teach with no limits and Christian
prisoners have not chance to improve the education and
under trial prisoners are forced to labor of sweeping and
illegal transfer to other jails on bogus administrative
grounds and torture. The most of the prisoners are put
into torture cells on the bogus administrative grounds
under rule 153 of Pakistan Prisons Rule 1978 and they
bear torture with fitters for many years. M A U R I C E S H A H B A Z 9

10. Prisons Mission Society wishes to further extend its projects.
1-PMS needed vehicle for Missionary work.
2-PMS need funds for the Office Building of Prisons Mission Society.
(For the time being we are working in a rented office).
We encourage you all to extend your hand to help those who are extremely
in need of your assistance. The need is great! Please could you Pray and
send us your gifts of love through Western Union or Bank Account.
Easy Paisa Account Mobile Number.+92-3407363555
Bank Account:
Maurice Shahbaz: 0728 -0010019135620017
Allied Bank Limited,D.C Road Branch,Gujranwala,Pakistan.
For International use Bank Account:
Maurice Shahbaz: PK42ABPA 0010019135620017
Contact Number: +92-3008881483,+92-3407363555
E-mail: prisonsmissionsociety@yahoo.com
www.prisonsmissionsociety.com
Facebook.com/Maurice Shahbaz
NEEDS AND CHALLENGES
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