Pakistan has now started targeting its political minorities despite a promise of a ‘Naya Pakistan’ by their Prime Minister Imran Khan. The country celebrated National Minorities Day on Tuesday, while the stark reality is that most minorities in their country face discrimination and persecution.
The newest victim has been Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was pelted with stones in Lahore. Following clashes between her supporters and the police, she had been attacked by stone pelters. Maryam had gone to the country’s National Accountability Bureau for a corruption case hearing, which had been postponed. Following this, she had left the office, only to be attacked.
This case is in connection with the corruption allegations upon the father-daughter duo, wherein the former had left the country to go to London after having been granted bail. The accusations against them are of land grabbing 200 acres that belonged to the government. It is also to be noted that, she is now the heir to father’s Pakistan Muslim League, the party that was in power before the current Prime Minister took charge. This is not the first time that she has been attacked, since she faced a media ban last year.
While Imran Khan leaves no opportunity to accuse India of human rights violations, his ‘Naya Pakistan’ has become a hell hole for not just religious minorities but even political minorities.