PAKISTAN / Famous bakery worker refuses to write Merry Christmas on cake

Karachi: It has become clear once again how minorities are treated in Pakistan. The refusal of an employee of Pakistan's famous bakery to write 'Merry Christmas' on the cake shows that no one likes the minorities in the country, neither the people nor the government. After the bakery was criticized on social media, the bakery management has announced an inquiry into the whole matter. Along with this, the management has also said that the bakery does not discriminate on the basis of religion.

The employee cited the order

Delegia Bakery Management said that the allegations made in a Facebook post by a female customer named Celesia Naseem Khan are being investigated. Khan had alleged that she had gone to the Defense Housing Society shop in Karachi to collect the cake, but the employee refused to write 'Merry Christmas' on it. The employee told the female customer that she was not authorized to write this as she had received the order from the kitchen.

Such incident happened before

After the matter came to light, criticism of the bakery started on social media. On which the management of the bakery clarified that this is clearly an act of one person and we do not discriminate on the basis of religion and caste. We are taking action against the accused personnel. He did this in his personal capacity and it is not company policy. It is noteworthy that even in the year 2018, a bakery employee had refused to give a cake written 'Merry Christmas' to a woman and said that it is the company's instruction.

Bigotry increased under Imran's rule

Ever since the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan came to power, religious fanaticism has increased in Pakistan. The news of killings in the name of blasphemy has also started to be heard more in Pakistan. Actually, Imran himself has been kneeling before the fundamentalists, so no strong action can be expected from him. In October this year itself, five policemen were killed in violence by supporters of the banned radical organization Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan. Later, the Imran government had released all of these miscreants, withdrawing the case.