Pakistan: Amidst rising atrocities, Imran Khan needs Hindus joyful Holi

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday took to Twitter to want the Pakistani Hindu group a “very happy holi”.
Khan, who examined constructive for COVID-19 illness final week, prolonged his greetings to the Hindu group on Holi, a pageant of colors celebrated throughout the Indian subcontinent. The pageant is being celebrated in Pakistan on Sunday and Monday.
“Wishing all our Hindu community a very happy Holi, the festival of colours,” the prime minister tweeted.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s needs to Hindus on the event of Holi, nonetheless, got here at a time when there was a rise within the focused spiritual persecutions in opposition to Hindus by Islamists in Pakistan. Hindus, who kind a minuscule inhabitants within the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, have been victims of state-sponsored atrocities, who are sometimes kidnapped, raped and forcefully transformed into Islam.
Sindh at one time had a Hindu majority, nonetheless, rampant spiritual conversion by Islamists has led to a lower within the proportion of Hindus. The Hindu inhabitants of Sindh have both fled their homeland or transformed to Islam.
After the partition in 1947, Hindus in Pakistan have been near 14 per cent of the overall inhabitants of Pakistan. However, right this moment they’ve been lowered to lower than 3 per cent of the overall inhabitants in Pakistan. Today, there are solely about 75 lakh Hindus in Pakistan who’re combating daily to save lots of their honour. The decline is principally because of the rising Islamisation of Pakistan, which has resulted within the focused persecution of non-Muslims dwelling within the nation.
It is quite ironic that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is wishing the exact same set of individuals on the event of Holi, who’re being persecuted every day by Islamists in his nation.
Religious persecution of Hindus in Pakistan
Pakistan is notoriously identified for its persecution of spiritual minorities, particularly Hindus dwelling within the nation. The forceful conversion applications have usually been unleashed in opposition to the minorities Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs dwelling in Pakistan with utmost brutality. There have been many such circumstances reported within the latest previous.
Pakistan has a historical past of atrocities in opposition to the minority group. Women are raped at an alarming frequency, forcibly transformed to Islam and life is made hell for them. Due to the continual atrocities, many poor Hindus of Pakistan have been left with no alternative however to simply accept Islam. According to studies, many Hindus have turn out to be Muslims in hope that they’ll get cash and dignity to outlive within the Islamic state of Pakistan.
In the wake of such incidents, the United States Of America formally launched a 27-nation International Religious Freedom Alliance in February 2020, which is able to attempt to defend and protect spiritual freedom the world over. During the launch, the USA particularly highlighted the plight of Hindus in Pakistan.
Recently, a report launched by the Members of the European Parliament (MEP) threw mild on the plight of spiritual minorities in Pakistan. The report claims that round 1000 ladies from Hindus are forcibly transformed to Islam yearly. The numbers is likely to be greater as many circumstances usually are not even reported.