Thursday 6 December 2012

Bilawal Bhutto stresses on protecting minorities


Pakistan People's Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday reacted to the desecration of an Ahmadi graveyard and the demolition of a Hindu temple by saying that such incidents, if left unchecked, would pose a threat to the existence of Pakistan. Taking strong exception to the latest attacks on minorities, Bilawal said the "continuing attacks on minorities, if unchecked, would threaten the very existence of Pakistan".

In a statement issued in response to the two incidents, the nominal head of the ruling party urged political parties, religious groups and civil society organisations to "rise up to defend Jinnah's Pakistan that guarantees protecting fundamental rights of minorities".

He called on provincial governments and law enforcement agencies to do their best to protect the fundamental rights of minorities. Attacks on temples, graveyards, properties and lives of the minorities are "an attack on Jinnah's vision of Pakistan and pose an existential threat to the country", he said.

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