Pakistan on Wednesday released a dossier on the alleged atrocities and exploitation of religious minorities in India.
During the annual Margalla Dialogue 2023 conference on ‘Evolving World Environment: Charting the Course for Our Future’ in Islamabad, caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar launched the dossier.
According to the document, since 2014, the Indian government has continued atrocities against minorities, while discriminatory laws and campaigns on the media have contributed greatly to the violation of rights of the minorities.
The worst genocide in history is going on in India against Muslims, and as a signatory to the international conventions, India is bound to stop the genocide.
According to the dossier, Hindutva ideologues are destroying places of worship of minorities. In 2021, 294 incidents of hate crimes were reported against Muslims, Christians and Sikhs, and hundreds of churches were burned in Manipur. Dozens of historic mosques remained under attack across India and faced threats of destruction or evacuation.
More than 1,600 mosques in India are being targeted by a media campaign, while 24,496 religious places have been taken into government custody in India-held Kashmir.
According to the dossier, the international community should demand that India stop human rights violations while fulfilling its obligations under international conventions.
Addressing the event, PM Kakar stressed that Pakistan is fully capable of responding to the challenges posed by non-state actors.
He said the country did not have to rely on the external security apparatus to take on the challenge, adding that Pakistan was confident and self-reliant in that respect. He also said that external aggression had been reduced to the minimum due to the country's defence capabilities.
On the economic front, he said the country with a huge population under the age of 30 years had great potential to be channelized and tapped. Referring to the natural resources, he pointed out that these can be brought to use to register a huge success story.
Highlighting the potential of connectivity and the benefits it can accrue to the region, the PM said the main hurdle was the unresolved Kashmir dispute that needed serious attention. He said the resolution of disputes, including Kashmir, was important for good economic and normal relations between Pakistan and India.
Commenting on the tense China-US relations, the caretaker prime minister said there was no incentive in the conflict for countries like Pakistan, as it did not incentivize conflicts.
He also said that Israel was committing barbaric and horrific acts against unarmed Palestinians, adding that nobody could rationalize the killing of children. He reiterated Pakistan's stance for the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
