Participants in a conference on minority rights on Thursday urged the government to respect its commitments to establish a national commission to protect the rights of Christians, Hindus and members of other religious minorities. Everything done so far has proven ineffective. Voice for Justice Chairman Joseph Jansen is troubled that “peaceful demonstrators demanding an end to [. . .] atrocities find themselves subject to arrest and mistreatment”.
Keeping its tradition of observing National Minorities’ Day annually, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) organized a 7th convention urging the political parties to Deliver on their Pledges made in the party manifestos to the minorities’ rights.
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Pakistan’s conduct towards the Ahmadis and its obsession with religious identity is symptomatic of the radicalisation of society that permeates all areas of life and is reflected in the laws of the land, says Mohammad Luqman