KARACHI: Pakistan’s minority Hindu community has rejected India’s offer togrant them citizenship under the new ‘citizenship amendment law’.
Patron of the Pakistan Hindu Council, Raja Asar Manglani told AnadoluAgency that this is a unanimous message from Pakistan’s entire Hinducommunity to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He said that the law is violating of India’s own constitution.
Meanwhile, Sikh leader Gopal Singh has also said that the entire Sikhcommunity in the world, including those in India, also condemn this move.
He urged Modi government not to push minorities back to the wall.
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Yesterday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi stressed upon India towithdraw the discriminatory citizenship act.
Speaking to journalists in Islamabad, Shah Mehmood Qureshi reiterated thatPakistan will continue to raise its voice against this controversial act atevery forum. He said the legislation is against the minorities especiallythe Muslims.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi also said that several organizations working forreligious freedom have also expressed their reservations against the Indianlegislation.
