Minorities in India under attack, direct state involved in HR violations: Minister


ISLAMABAD, Sep 27 (APP):Caretaker Federal Minister for Human Rights  Khalil George Wednesday said that Pakistan was far better than India for securing minorities’ rights as India’s religious minorities were under attack and state was direct involved in human right violations.
Talking to PTV news channel, he said that the rights of minority communities were fully protected in Pakistan and several measures had been taken for their welfare, adding, Pakistan always protected the rights of people from all  minorities, including Christians, Sikhs, Hindus and Parsis, and would ensure a secure environment for them in future as well.
“ Pakistan will move forward according to teachings of  Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Muhammad Iqbal, who called for peace and brotherhood among all religions” he added.
He reminded that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in his speech on August 11, 1947, gave a clear message about the equality of rights of minorities.
He said people of all religions in the country had equal constitutional and political rights, and they were allowed to take part in all fields of life.
Replying a question, he said Indian government had proven themselves unwilling to protect minority religious communities and other vulnerable groups from frequent attack, adding, the Narendra Modi regime was promoting the Hindutva ideology to harassed Muslims and other minorities.
The minister urged UN to take practical steps and asked Indian government for protecting rights of minorities.