AMRITSAR: Pakistan’s Sindh province has begun establishing a devoted safety unit for the safety of non secular locations of minorities, following a rise within the incidents of vandalism and sacrilege in Hindu temples and Sikh gurdwaras within the latest days.
Lal Chand Malhi, a Member of Nationwide Meeting of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf stated on Wednesday that the particular safety pressure for minorities would take care of the safety of temples, gurdwaras, church buildings and locations of worship of different minority communities within the Sindh province.
The choice is in keeping with a historic 2015 judgment by the previous Chief Justice of Pakistan, directing all of the provinces to type a particular safety pressure for the sacred locations of minority communities.
Malhi stated that for the proposed pressure of 5,000 personnel, contemporary recruitments have been being made.
Hailing the formation of the particular safety unit for the spiritual locations of minorities, Ranjit Singh, a Member of Provincial Meeting representing Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, stated the pressure was being fashioned not solely in Sindh but additionally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. “Members of minority communities have been additionally being inducted within the pressure since they knew the ethical code of conduct for respective religions.”
Reacting on the formation of the brand new pressure, basic secretary of All Pakistan Hindu Panchayat, Ravi Dawani, stated it will be fulfilment of a protracted awaited demand of the minority communities.
Many, nevertheless, have been sceptical, saying that previously as properly, Pakistan’s political management had made a number of assurances for the protection and safety of non secular locations of minorities, together with set up of CCTV cameras, deployment of native police and so forth however these guarantees have been by no means saved.
Lal Chand Malhi, a Member of Nationwide Meeting of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf stated on Wednesday that the particular safety pressure for minorities would take care of the safety of temples, gurdwaras, church buildings and locations of worship of different minority communities within the Sindh province.
The choice is in keeping with a historic 2015 judgment by the previous Chief Justice of Pakistan, directing all of the provinces to type a particular safety pressure for the sacred locations of minority communities.
Malhi stated that for the proposed pressure of 5,000 personnel, contemporary recruitments have been being made.
Hailing the formation of the particular safety unit for the spiritual locations of minorities, Ranjit Singh, a Member of Provincial Meeting representing Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, stated the pressure was being fashioned not solely in Sindh but additionally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. “Members of minority communities have been additionally being inducted within the pressure since they knew the ethical code of conduct for respective religions.”
Reacting on the formation of the brand new pressure, basic secretary of All Pakistan Hindu Panchayat, Ravi Dawani, stated it will be fulfilment of a protracted awaited demand of the minority communities.
Many, nevertheless, have been sceptical, saying that previously as properly, Pakistan’s political management had made a number of assurances for the protection and safety of non secular locations of minorities, together with set up of CCTV cameras, deployment of native police and so forth however these guarantees have been by no means saved.
