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Demand of
Separate Christian Province is our constitutional right in Pakistan
Karachi:
August 25, 2011. (PCP) Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, Chief of Pakistan Christian
Congress PCC said that to demand a Separate Christian Province on
division of Punjab as administrative unit of Federation of Pakistan is
constitutional right of 20 million Pakistani Christians. A statement
issued here today by Central Secretariat of PCC urged Pakistani
Christians to raise their voice more forcefully with peaceful campaign
to divide Punjab in more administrative units and formation of Separate
Christian Province because it is not any mutiny or conspiracey to
peacefully demand it.
Nazir
Bhatti said that Christians demanded their due share in resources of
federation of Pakistan which have been denied by regimes instead we have
been treated as 2nd class citizen.
“Christian voted in favor of Pakistan before Boundary Commission to
fall Western Punjab in lot of Pakistan unless Punjab was never to be a
part of Pakistan when Sikhs were 51% and Muslims 47% but where is such
important role of Christians in history of Pakistan because Muslim and
government of Pakistan historians have scratched it for vested interest”
said Nazir Bhatti
Nazir
Bhatti added that All India Christian Association voted in favor of All
India Muslim League for formation of Pakistan during Round Table
Conferences in London in 1930-1931, as partner of All India Muslim
League on assurance of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah that Christian
and Muslims are people of Books and Pakistan will be a liberal
democratic state but where’s part of Pakistan Movement in history of
Pakistan?
“Muslim
majority in Pakistan instead of shaping Pakistan as true liberal
democratic state have named it as Islamic Republic of Pakistan and
legislated Article 2, Hadood Ordinance, Law of Evidence and
Compensation, Article 302 and blasphemy law which is constitutional
genocide of 20 million Pakistani Christians” said Nazir Bhatti
The
hate on religion prohibits Christians to eat meals in restaurants and
street side vendor’s carts owned by Muslims in Punjab, a province which
was brought by Christians in map of Pakistan but government never
legislated to stop such abuse.
“There
are frequent incidents of attacks on life and property of Christians in
Punjab, gang rape of Christians by influential Muslims, Kidnapping and
enforced conversion of Christian women, attacks on worship places and
killing innocent Christians on pretext to blasphemy is at rise but it so
unfortunate that Islamic laws protects Muslim culprits and set them free
after heinous crimes like rape, murder and looting” said Nazir Bhatti
“SP
Singha, President of All India Christian League demanded written
assurance from Quaid-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah to support All India
Muslim League in Pakistan Movement on allocation of Separate Electorate
which was given in writing by Mohammad Ali Jinnah but where is our right
to elect our representatives in Parliament with our votes? Muslim
majority have snatched our right to elect our leaders for assemblies and
have imposed on us system in which Muslim parties select their
Christians pimps and alcohol suppliers as our leaders” said Nazir Bhatti
Nazir
Bhatti said it’s surprising that our representation in assemblies is
decreasing in every national general election. We have now 2 Christians
in National Assembly, when in 1985 were 5 and in 1973 were 6.
“So, in
such situation of hate on religion, imposition of Islamic laws on us and
killing on pretext to blasphemy in Pakistan, our demand of Separate
Christian Province on division of Punjab is need of time because we are
second biggest population in Punjab and we divided Punjab for Pakistan
during Pakistan Movement” said Nazir Bhatti
Nazir
Bhatti said that Pakistani Christians are ready to extend their Separate
Christian Province boundaries including Cholistan desert in South
Eastern areas of Punjab where Muslim shall enjoy equal rights and
Christians from other parts of Punjab will not be asked to migrate. |
