Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said that Pakhtuns had every right to live in Punjab and allegations of discrimination against them in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Sindh were attempts to spread hatred against Punjab.
The Punjab law minister was addressing the media following a meeting between Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and a delegation from the Pakhtun community led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Amir Muqam.
“Pakhtuns living in Punjab are our brothers,” said Sanaullah.
“It is highly condemnable that some so-called political parties and leaders in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are doing political point scoring on the matter… they want to gain people’s sympathies by inflicting fear in them,” he said.
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KP lawmakers on Monday condemned the “racial” policies of the Punjab government and “victimisation” of Pakhtuns in Punjab. The assembly — through a unanimously adopted resolution — condemned the harassment and ethnic profiling of Pakhtuns in Punjab, Sindh and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. They called for the release of the arrested people.
“People of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including businessmen, traders and daily wagers, have settled in Punjab and other areas (of the country). Unemployment and militancy have forced Pakhtuns to migrate to other provinces to earn a living, but they are being victimised,” said the resolution.
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