Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhari says it is highly hypocritical of India that is purveyor of state-sponsored discrimination against its minorities to pontificate on the issue of minority rights elsewhere.
ISLAMABAD: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-August 18th, 2021) Pakistan on Wednesday “categorically” rejected the Indian Ministry of External Affairs’ “unwarranted and gratuitous” remarks on the vandalism of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh statue at Lahore Fort.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhari said, “It is highly hypocritical of a country that is purveyor of state-sponsored discrimination against its minorities to pontificate on the issue of minority rights elsewhere,”.
He said, “A mature state would have appreciated the immediate arrest of the accused against whom strict legal action has already been initiated,”.
The Spokesperson said that the government, legislature, judiciary, civil society and media in Pakistan had always worked for ensuring constitutional protections for members of minorities as equal citizens and their places of worship, whereas in India incidents against minorities take place with state complicity.
Chaudari said, “Rather than feigning concern for minorities elsewhere, India should seriously introspect, move away from entrenched anti-minority mindset being destructively spawned by the RSS-BJP regime, and discard state-sponsored discriminatory policies,”.
The Foreign Office called upon India to ensure safety, protection and well-being of the minorities, including Muslims, and take effective steps for the protection of their places of worship, culture and heritage sites.
