HRCP fact-finding mission suspects Jaranwala rioters not 'spontaneous or random crowd' - Pakistan
Says it can't rule out suspicion that the attacks were part of a "larger campaign of hatred against the local Christians".
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Says it can't rule out suspicion that the attacks were part of a "larger campaign of hatred against the local Christians".
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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”.
It's now up to a new govt to take it up as the PM has advised the president to dissolve parliament
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.