EU SPEAKS FOR RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN PAKISTAN

  • 18/05/2021

Amid the recent surge in mob violence and religious persecution in Pakistan, the EU Parliament last month called for a review of Pakistan's GSP+ status, citing concerns over the latter's blasphemy laws and poor rights record.On April 29, the European Parliament passed a resolution decrying the deterioration of what was already a terrible record of religious persecution in the country.The resolution was overwhelmingly passed as EU Parliament noted the situation in Pakistan continues to decline as the governments have failed to end the misuses of blasphemy laws and protect religious minorities from abuse by non-state actors.  London-based writer Qamar Rafiq explained that there is enough truth in the story to dig out how the Pakistan governments' wilful blindness and institutional inadequacies have engendered the ethical decline to cause moral panic in the EU Parliament.EU motion also reminds us, how violence in the name of religion has become a trendsetting brand that has shredded egalitarian voices, Rafiq added.The writer said incompatible mindsets of major power players and religious actors in Pakistan have very often disintegrated us to reboot both foreign and national policy, making it more ethically driven and focused on the questions of the justice system and human rights.

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