Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) MNA Asiya Nasir on Saturday said that Article 25 of the Constitution says all men and women are equal in Pakistan but at the same time a non-Muslim cannot become the prime minister or the president, which is against the constitution of the country.
“The constitutional provision that puts a bar on minorities from holding the office of prime minister as well as that of the president is unacceptable for the minorities in the country,” she said.
The JUI-F MNA said that it is difficult time for minorities across the country because religious fundamentalists are involved in registering cases of blasphemy against non-Muslims. “Not a single person, who misuses the laws against minorities, has ever been punished,” she added.
She said that incidents of kidnappings and forced marriages of Hindu girls are increasing day by day in Sindh province while the Hindu community is compelled to migrate India due to the fear of persecution.
“It is an alarming situation that hate material against minorities is already included in the school curriculum in Sindh,” she added.
Asiya said the government should establish a separate ministry for religious minorities at the federal level along with increasing the number of seats for minorities in parliament.
“There is nothing new for the betterment of the poor in the budget presented by the government for the next fiscal year,” she said.
it is the ISLAMIC Republic of Pakistan. If you want to be PM or President as a non-Muslim, go emigrate to another country!
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