Pakistan News / Minorities are being killed in the name of religion, we are unable to protect them- PAK Minister Khawaja

Pakistan News: Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has also admitted that minorities are not safe in his country. Khawaja Asif said that in Pakistan people are being targeted in the name of religion and violence is being done and the country has failed to protect them. This is a matter of concern. According to the report of news agency ANI, speaking in the National Assembly on Monday, Khawaja Asif said, "Minorities are being killed almost every day in Pakistan. They are not safe under the shadow of Islam. I want to address the issue of safety of minorities but the opposition is creating obstacles. Pakistan is being defamed all over the world because of this."

Even sects associated with Islam are not safe

The Defense Minister said that despite protection by the Constitution, even small sects associated with Islam are not safe. This is a shameful situation. He talked about passing a resolution regarding the safety of minorities in the National Assembly.

Asif said that this problem is not coming in any one state but in different parts of the country. Many people were killed who had nothing to do with blasphemy. But they were killed due to personal animosity.

The Defense Minister said that the Ahmadiya community is facing the most problems. They have to face everything from hate speech to violent attacks. They are targeted across the country just for their faith. Similarly, people of the Christian community also have to face persecution in the name of employment, education and blasphemy.

Defense Minister said - Minorities also have the right to live in the country

Khwaja Asif said that we should ensure the safety of our minority brothers and sisters. They have as much right to live in this country as the majority. Pakistan belongs to all Pakistanis, whether they are Muslims, Christians, Sikhs or of any other religion. Our Constitution guarantees full security to minorities.

According to the report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Sikhs, Hindus and other minorities are facing forced conversions, kidnappings, murders and attacks on religious places.

Pakistan has the world's strictest blasphemy law. Here, insulting the Quran or the Prophet can lead to life imprisonment to death penalty. However, despite the death sentence, no one has been hanged in the country.

According to the local media of Pakistan, since 1990, more than 80 people have been killed by the mob on charges of blasphemy. Many times it happens that on the mere rumor of insulting the Quran or the Prophet, a crowd of thousands of people gathers at any place and attacks the accused.

Famous cases of blasphemy in Pakistan in recent times

June 2024:

Last Thursday, an angry mob in Pakistan burnt a man alive on charges of insulting the Quran. This incident is from Madyan area of ​​​​Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The name of the person killed was Mohammad Ismail, who had come there to visit.

May 2024:

In Sargodha area of ​​Punjab province, a mob accused a Christian man of insulting the Quran and set his house and factory on fire. People beat the man badly in the presence of police. He died in the hospital a few days later.

May 2023:

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a man was beaten to death by a violent mob on charges of blasphemy during a rally of former PM Imran Khan's party PTI. The man's crime was that he compared Imran to Prophet Muhammad.

April 2023:

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a Chinese engineer was attacked by a mob of thousands of people on charges of blasphemy law. The police barely saved his life and arrested him so that he could survive. Later the engineer said that he used to deal strictly with the workers. Therefore, an attempt was made to kill him deliberately.

March 2022:

Three women killed a teacher by slitting his throat outside a madrasa in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Actually, one of these women had dreamed that the victim had committed blasphemy, due to which they killed the teacher.

July 2022:

A Pakistani court sentenced a Christian man to death on charges of blasphemy. He was accused of calling Jesus 'Supreme' instead of Prophet.

December 2021:

Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Diyawadana was beaten to death by a mob in Sialkot, Pakistan on charges of blasphemy. Priyantha was a manager in a company. The police report said that some employees were unhappy with the manager because of his rules and work. After which he was accused of blasphemy and a mob gathered and killed him.

September 2021:

A Lahore court sentenced a school principal, Seema Tanvir, to death for blasphemy. Seema Tanvir had claimed to be a prophet.

July 2020:

An American-Pakistani man named Tahir Ahmed Bhasin was shot dead inside a court in Peshawar. He was on trial for blasphemy.