On 23rd of May 2025. the Pakistani Christian human rights activist Joel Amir Sahotra visited Dr. Bence Ákos TAMÁSSY, Head of Central Office for Foreign Affairs, in the company of his wife and our collegaue Dóra Günsberger, who is currenty working on assignment at the Embassy of Pakistan.
Joel Amir Sahotra is the head of the Peter John Sahotra Foundation, based in Faisalabad, which is decicated to the socio-economic development of the Christian community in Pakistan, with whom the Embassy in Islamabad has maintained an excellent relationship for many years.
Sahotra is a highly respected and influential member of the Christian community in Pakistan, with an extremely wide network of contact and he regularly participates in international events -among others, he was present at the Washington Prayer Breakfast, where he also met with Secretary of State Tristan Azbej. The relationship has existed ever since: he also actively participated in the organization of the Secretary of State's visit to Pakistan in April 2025. Sahotra was previously a member of parliament and plans to continue his political career in the future. The purpose of his visit to Hungary is to explore the possibility of educational cooperation and he expressed his gratitude for Hungary's support for the persecuted Christian community in Pakistan.
