Pakistan: Discriminatory advert reserves sanitary employee’s job for non-Muslims

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan will not be new to discriminating towards its spiritual minorities. In a current commercial floated by the Health Department in South Karachi district, it was discovered that the 5 vacant posts of sanitary employees on the SGD Delhi P Colony, SGD Special Leprosy Clinic, and SGD Chakiwara may solely be crammed by non-Muslims.
In its recruitment discover, the Health Department specified that the sanitary jobs can solely be undertaken by non-Muslims aka Hindus and Christians. However, no different job profile known as for such an unique spiritual group. Through such an commercial, the Health Department advised Muslims are ineligible for ‘dirty work’ and is restricted to non-Muslim professionals solely.
Karachi Health Department’s commercial for brand spanking new recruitments
The same prejudiced and discriminatory commercial was floated by the Livestock wing of livestock and fisheries, Government of Sindh. It listed 42 vacancies for sweepers and sanitary employees with the qualification that the candidates have to be non-Muslims solely.
Government of Sindh’s discriminatory commercial for brand spanking new recruitments
It will not be a brand new growth and jobs of sanitary employees is commonly reserved for non-Muslims within the nation.
Pakistani Hindus converse out towards discriminatory commercial
After the 2 contentious commercials surfaced on social media, Pakistani Hindu rights activists questioned as to why such menial jobs are allotted to non-Muslims particularly.
MBBS scholar Rekha Maheshwari tweeted, “Keep such discriminatory jobs to yourself. We will work hard day by day to be in great position. So what if we can’t occupy Prime minister and President seat, we are well educated and deserving enough to settle anywhere in this world and we will always strive for a decent living.”
Keep such discriminatory jobs to your self. We will work arduous daily to be in nice place. So what if we will’t occupy Prime minister and President seat, we’re nicely educated and deserving sufficient to settle wherever on this world and we are going to all the time attempt for a good dwelling. pic.twitter.com/wrKYCpLyMW— Rekha Maheshwari 🇵🇰 (@DrRekha99) May 22, 2021
Journalist Veengas lamented, “All citizens are not equal in the state of Pakistan — Sweepers and Sanitary workers jobs Only for Non-Muslims.”
All residents are usually not equal within the state of Pakistan — Sweepers and Sanitary employees jobs Only for Non-Muslims 🤦🏽‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/npJTpFBxEL— Veengas (@VeengasJ) May 22, 2021
Hindu rights activist Kapil Dev mentioned, “Sanitary jobs are EXCLUSIVELY for Christians & Hindus in Pakistan. This shows govt’s repeated reiteration that majority will do filth, minority will clean that filth. Wese, boht gand kar rahe ho!! We demand equal proportion of #Muslim sweepers, cleaners & sanitary workers.”
Sanitary jobs are EXCLUSIVELY for #Christians & #Hindus in Pakistan. This exhibits govt’s repeated reiteration that majority will do filth, minority will clear that filth.Wese, boht gand kar rahe ho!! We demand equal proportion of #Muslim sweepers, cleaners & sanitary employees.— Kapil Dev (@KDSindhi) May 23, 2021
Christians, Dalits compelled to do handbook scavenging work in Pakistan
Only the minuscule Christian group dwelling within the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is compelled into handbook scavenging, reported The New York Times. Municipalities in Pakistan rely closely on Christians for handbook scavenging as Muslims refuse to wash the gutters and the Christian minorities have few different employment choices. According to at least one estimate by the rights group, though Christians represent 1.6% of the inhabitants, they account for 80% sanitation employees.
The relaxation 20% contains of Dalits who represent the overwhelming majority of Hindus in Pakistan. Illiteracy and lack of alternate sources of earnings have pushed these Pakistani minorities with no different choices however to wash drains clogged with faeces and medical waste to earn a meagre dwelling.
Earlier, a member of the National Lobbying Delegation for Minority Rights (NLDMR), Asif Aqeel, took to Twitter to name out the Pakistani Army’s bias after it had floated the same discriminatory advert. But in doing so, Aqeel claimed that the manuscripts of the Manusmriti have it that every one Christians come from an ‘untouchable class’ and are anticipated to do such menial jobs. Shockingly, whereas expressing his disapproval for the Pakistani Army, Asif Aqeel spitefully divulged in insulting the traditional theology of the Hindu faith.