The fashion of his wives:
1 Jemima Khan 1995–2004 2 Reham Khan 2014–2015 3 Bushra Maneka 2018 -
Posted on 08/20/2018 10:44:21 AM PDT by robowombat
Minorities cautiously welcome Prime Minister Imran Khan’s road map for ‘New Pakistan’ Concerns raised over the fact that Pakistan’s new Federal Cabinet is without a non-Muslim minister
Islamabad: At a time when the entire country is welcoming new Prime Minister Imran Khan’s first address to the nation in which he has given a road-map for ‘Naya Pakistan’ or New Pakistan that he has been promising in his election campaign and public meetings, Pakistan’s minorities have cautiously welcomed his intentions.
In his first address to the nation, Prime Minister Imran Khan promised austerity, accountability, justice and large-scale reforms in civil bureaucracy, health, education sectors so that a significant change could be brought in people’s lives but at the same time he didn’t touch the subject related to welfare, protection and uplift of Pakistan’s minorities.
While talking to Gulf News a number of minorities’ representatives on Monday expressed their surprise that Imran Khan who has been promising to transform Pakistan into Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s vision where everyone could live in peace without any regard for religion, creed or belief didn’t give even a passing reference to minorities of Pakistan. Even Imran Khan’s team of federal cabinet doesn’t have a single non-Muslim member, they said.
Vice-chairman of Minorities Alliance of Pakistan, Shamaun Alfred Gill said he didn’t have much hope that Imran Khan’s becoming Prime Minister of Pakistan would augur well for the country’s minorities.
“In his first address, Imran Khan should have specifically spoken about minorities and given them assurance of life and property’s security in Pakistan,” said Gill.
“We have been raising our voice on a number of forums for adequate representation of minorities in the Parliament according to their number and we demand of the new government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan too to order census so that minorities’ exact number could be given,” Gill said.
He also called for implementation of ex-CJP Tassaduq Hussain Jillani’s 2014 landmark judgement that had directed the government to constitute National Council for minorities’ rights. According to Gill the Supreme Court had taken a suo motu after a twin suicide bomb blasts in All Saints Church in Peshawar in 2013, in which 127 people were killed and over 250 injured and in 32-page judgement asked the government to form a special task force for the protection of worship places of minorities. Unfortunately, the government overlooked that judgement and minorities continue to feel insecure, he said.
A minorities rights activist Kapil Dev cautiously welcomed Imran Khan’s ‘New Pakistan’ address saying the fact that Imran Khan didn’t pick a single minority community member in his 21-member cabinet leaves many questions unanswered. “How can Khan Sahib claim to make Pakistan according to vision of Quaid whose first Law Minister Jogendra Nath Mandal was a Hindu,” asked Kapil. Mandal was not only Law Minister of Quaid’s first cabinet, he also chaired the First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan’s inaugural session, he further said.
I would welcome Imran Khan from the core of my heart if he had given representation to non-Muslims of Pakistan in his cabinet. On the other hand, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has taken a Hindu Minister Hariram Kishorilal as Provincial Minister for Minorities Affairs, Social Welfare and Prisons that has given confidence to the non-Muslim communities, said Kapil Dev.
The most progressive man in Pakistan, this guy, says death to apostates.
Google a picture of him standing with his wife.
I am surprised there are any non-muslims still alive in Pakistan.
Just another muzzie PM — do not expect a change in Pakki politics.
Another slime ball
A minorities rights activist Kapil Dev cautiously welcomed Imran Khan’s ‘New Pakistan’ address saying the fact that Imran Khan didn’t pick a single minority community member in his 21-member cabinet leaves many questions unanswered. “How can Khan Sahib claim to make Pakistan according to vision of Quaid whose first Law Minister Jogendra Nath Mandal was a Hindu,” asked Kapil. Mandal was not only Law Minister of Quaid’s first cabinet, he also chaired the First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan’s inaugural session, he further said.
Still an improvement -- but it's early. Thanks robowombat.
IK will face a problem:
Khalid Latif, who was handed five-year ban for his role in the spot-fixing scandal that engulfed the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2017, has announced a reward to anyone who will kill the Dutchmen behind a blasphemous cartoon competition that depicts Prophet Muhammad.
In a video shared on Facebook, the 32-year-old batsman announced to put a Rs3 million bounty on the head of firebrand Dutch politician Geert Wilders and American cartoonist Bosch Fawstin while expressing his pain and anguish over the sacrilegious artwork in the Netherlands.
Meanwhile, Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a religio-political party, has decided to come at roads and “stay on the streets until either the publication of blasphemous cartoons in the Netherlands end or the government immediately ends diplomatic ties with the Dutch”.
I think that's more of a, "I'll do whatever I have to do in my life to reach a position of power."
Saudi Arabia and Iran are beginning a competition for influence with the new government led by Imran Khan in Pakistan. Both have big stakes involved. The Saudi position is much weakened by the war in Yemen, which is unpopular in Pakistan.
Pakistan’s position is crucially important to both Riyadh and Tehran. Pakistan is the second-most populous country in the Muslim world and the only Muslim state with a nuclear arsenal. Over 1.5 million Pakistanis live in the kingdom. Pakistan and Iran share a 900-kilometer (559-mile) border in Baluchistan. Pakistan’s population includes a significant Shiite minority, perhaps as much as 30% of the country. In the Saudi-Iranian competition for influence in the Islamic world, Pakistan is crucial.
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/08/saudi-arabia-iran-battle-influence-pakistan.html
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