Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday, strongly rejected Indian statement regarding minorities in Pakistan.
In a statement issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Pakistan has categorically rejects completely unwarranted assertions by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in connection with the Hindu temple incident in Karak.
The clear difference between India and Pakistan in respect of minority rights can be gauged from the fact that the accused in the Karak incident were immediately arrested, orders were issued for repair of the temple, the highest level of judiciary took immediate notice, and senior political leadership condemned the incident, said MoFA.
Whereas in India, the blatant acts of discrimination against Muslims and other minorities take place with state complicity. The Indian leadership is yet to condemn the perpetrators of the Delhi massacre in February 2020, let alone bring those criminals to justice.
This is not the first time the Indian Government has tried to feign concern for minority rights elsewhere while being the most egregious and persistent violator of minority rights itself, noted MoFA.
Pakistan has highlighted that initiatives such as discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA and National Register of Citizens (NRC), along with anti-Muslim incidents including Gujarat massacre of 2002, the Delhi pogrom of 2020, demolition of Babri Mosque in 1992 and the despicable acquittal of all the accused by Indian court in 2020; Indian government has repeatedly failed to ensure the provision of rights of religious minorities, especially Muslims.
As a perennial purveyor of state-sponsored discrimination against its minorities, India is in no position to pontificate on the issue of minority rights elsewhere.
Furthermore, Pakistan has urged India to set its own house in order rather than feigning concern for minority rights elsewhere.
