Times of Islamabad

Prime Minister Imran Khan shames India

Prime Minister Imran Khan shames India

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday has shamed Indiaover treatment with minorities.

He said he will “show” the Narendra Modi government “how to treatminorities”, amidst a controversy over Bollywood actor *Naseeruddin Shahremarks on mob violence in India.*

Shah finds himself at the centre of a major controversy over his remarks onthe spate of mob lynching cases in India following the killing of apoliceman in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district earlier thismonth.Addressing an event to highlight the 100-day achievements of thePunjab government in Lahore, Khan asserted that his government is takingsteps to ensure that religious minorities in Pakistan get their due rights,which was also a vision of the country’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Khan said his government will make it sure that the minorities feel safe,protected and have equal rights in ‘New Pakistan’.

“We will show the Modi government how to treat minorities…Even in India,people are saying that minorities are not being treated as equal citizens,”he said referring to Shah’s statement