Court rulings have supported forced conversions of Hindu girls as young as seven to Islam.
Muslim men forcibly convert and marry Hindu, Christian or Sikh girls as the guardian’s consent is not even legally required. The same does not hold for ‘kafir’ girls. Muslim law requires the consent of parents or a wali (guardian) of the bride. In 2013, a UN panel decried forced marriages and conversions in Pakistan and the use of religious law to justify such crimes.īigotry runs deep in every vein of the Pakistani system. Muslim religious law holds puberty as a licence for marriage.
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Pakistan’s professional colleges award 15 to 20 extra marks to students who have memorised the Quran during admission.įorced marriages and conversion of girls take place with impunity and legal cover. Beyond those two seats, merit doesn’t matter. In Islamabad’s Quaid-e-Azam University, for instance, each department may only enrol only two non-Muslim students, the report states. Higher education institutions have a quota system weighed against non-Muslim students.
In Sindh, burial places belonging to shudras and untouchables have been taken over by Muslims. Pakistan’s Hyderabad once had 350 temples and gurudwaras. This is notably the case for properties belonging to the Hindu community.” Although this board does not have the right to sell any of these properties, much of the land has been occupied and/or sold. “Soon after Independence, a trust was established under federal law called the Evacuee Trust Property Board to manage the property, notably places of worship. They left behind many properties and land, including temples and places of worship and land with religious symbolism,” the HRCP report says. “When Pakistan was created, many non-Muslim communities left their homes in areas that were to become Pakistani territory to live in India. Then there is legally sanctioned land grab. These communities are often at sea on marriage or divorce, family matters, or travel abroad. Pakistan does not have codified personal laws for Hindus and Sikhs. Many municipalities fill their 5% quota by employing only minorities in undesirable positions such as sanitation workers.” However, in practice this system exacerbates social discrimination and stereotypes. In 2009, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said Pakistan’s “blasphemy laws may be used in a discriminatory manner against religious minority groups”.Īccording to a 2014 paper by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) titled Minorities Under Attack: Faith-based Discrimination and Violence in Pakistan: “Supposedly to prevent discrimination in employment in the public sector, a quota system was put in place during the regime of General Zia Ul Haq, reserving 5% of public sector jobs for minorities.
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With Section 295 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) as its centrepiece, this group of laws is used to arrest, jail, torture and execute mainly minorities. The Pakistani state is constitutionally geared to be bigoted and genocidal. A nation created in the dark womb of hate explains the merits of coexistence to the most ancient, inclusive civilisation. In Pakistan, wolves expound on the virtues of veganism.
Troubling developments on minorities in our eastern neighbourhood should be a wake up call for international community. Kartarpur corridor reflects our commitment to the vision of our founding fathers that envisioned a state which would ensure rights of minorities. Still fuming about the meeting on Afghanistan to be chaired by India (which Pakistan has boycotted), he had a dig as well.
NSA Yusuf Moeed would not be outdone either. Kartarpur Corridor reflects my government’s commitment to minority rights and interfaith harmony. Today is the second anniversary of the Kartarpur Corridor - a corridor of interfaith harmony that allows India’s Sikh community special access to one of their holiest sites. Imran Khan has much to talk about the treatment of Muslim minorities around the world these days. The latest barrage of lies from its prime minister and national security adviser (NSA) is a good example. It keeps telling those for small, tactical gains. Pakistan has long stopped bothering whether its lies are infuriating or amusing the world. At some point, they stop caring about what others think of its deceit, doublespeak, and even delusion.