New York:

India’s Joint Secretary of UNES (UN Financial and Social), Srinivas Gotru on Wednesday slammed Pakistan’s Overseas Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s remarks on minorities and the Kashmir problem and mentioned that it’s ironic that Islamabad who itself have “dedicated a grievous violation of minority rights,” is talking in regards to the rights of minorities.

Whereas talking on the UN Excessive-Stage Assembly on the Rights of Minorities, an Indian diplomat mentioned, “It’s ironic that Pakistan is talking in regards to the rights of minorities. For a rustic that has even stopped publishing its knowledge to cover its identical shameful report, it’s superb that they’ve even introduced up this topic. It has an extended historical past of getting dedicated a grievous violation of minority rights that the world has ever seen.”

Mr Gotru mentioned that Pakistan continues to commit grave violations of the rights of Sikhs, Hindus, Christians, and Ahmadis. He additionally mentioned that in Pakistan, 1000s of girls and kids, significantly ladies from minority communities, have been subjected to abductions, compelled marriages and convergence.

“Your complete Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh had been, our and can all the time be an integral and inalienable a part of India, no matter what the consultant of Pakistan believes or covets. We name on Pakistan to cease cross-border terrorism in order that our residents can train their proper to life, and liberty. We hope that they’ll desist from makes an attempt to abuse and politicize such conferences,” he added.

Earlier, Pakistan’s Overseas Minister on the UN made false claims that India is reworking right into a Hindu supremacist state and raked the difficulty of Kashmir.

In keeping with Worldwide Discussion board for Rights and Safety (IFFRAS), Pakistan is transferring in an more and more conservative Islamist route, and the state of affairs for Hindus, Christians and different spiritual minorities, particularly that of girls, has worsened.

The state of affairs confronted by the Hindu and Christian teams in Pakistan is dangerous generally, however girls from these communities are the worst victims of discriminatory attitudes of the authorities, political teams, spiritual events, the feudal construction and the Muslim majority.

Non secular minority girls and ladies are kidnapped, forcibly transformed, married and abused, and their households are unsuccessful of their makes an attempt to problem these crimes utilizing authorized avenues, reported IFFRAS.

Whereas the abductions, compelled conversions, compelled marriages, the destiny of spiritual minority girls and ladies is commonly sealed as the present legal guidelines or dealing with of such circumstances via authorized recourse is unavailable or ineffective.

Human rights teams have documented the plight of Pakistan’s spiritual minorities for years, however it’s only not too long ago that these minorities have turn into the main focus of fashionable discourse due to revelations on social media relating to their therapy, reported IFFRAS.

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