‘Aman ki Asha’ proponents must ask Pakistan about persecution of Hindus, terror strikes in India

Aman ki Asha calls have been made many times. But why does the ball always have to be in the court of India. Has Pakistan shown any signs of change towards its attitude towards India?

Pakistan has been in the news due to several reasons. The country is facing its worst economic crisis and the future looks weak.

Amidst this, the 'Aman ki Asha' proponents have come out and said that India must help Pakistan at this time of crisis. Similar demands were made many years back when this particular brigade spoke about patching things up with Pakistan, despite the country shielding the masterminds of the Mumbai 26/11 attacks in which over 160 innocents died.

The 'India must help Pakistan' is being made despite the Pulwama and Uri attacks in which several Indian braves lost their lives. While terror attacks are an ongoing affair, it must be noted that each one of them has had a Pakistan hand in it. The Indian Mujahideen was funded by Pakistan, the attacks on Parliament, the 2006 train bombings in Mumbai, Samjautha Express blast, just to name a few all had direct links to Pakistan.

Pakistan has allowed its soil to be used as a launch pad for terror attacks. Moreover it shields the likes of Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar among others. Whatever action Pakistan has taken against these monstrous Jihadis has only been token and has been a way of avoiding international pressure.

Terror attacks, infiltration, fake currency, terror funding are some of the ploys by Pakistan to keep India on the boil. The country operates with the sole agenda of trying to put India down. It has also been responsible for wars against India, all of which it lost.

The persecution:

Now coming to another issue that is boiling and continues to boil everyday. The persecution of the religious minorities, especially the Hindus in Pakistan. As we write this article, there could be a persecution on in Pakistan. Just last week, a minor Hindu girl was abducted, converted to Islam and marked off.

India has raised this concern on various occasions, but there has never been any solution to it.

Pakistan even had the audacity to reject a bill against forced religious conversions. In October 2021, the parliamentary committee had rejected this bill and then religious affairs minister, Noorul Haq Qadri had said that the atmosphere was not conducive to enact such a law. The minister had said that such a law could disturb peace and harmony in the country.

The violence against Hindus has been instituted in Pakistan. Description of Temples, rapes, forced conversions and cases of torture have been documented.

Every month, 25 Hindu girls are raped and converted to Islam according to the Pakistan Human Rights Council. Girls just vanish from their homes and are converted and then are forcibly married off.

In 2010, 60 members of the Hindu community in Karachi were attacked because one of them was drinking water near a Mosque.

In 2003, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said that 1,000 Hindu families from Pakistan had fled to India. In 2014 it was found that 5,000 Hindus are migrating to India every year. Pakistan has also successfully used its blasphemy laws to target the Hindus.

These are just few statistics to show the atrocities Pakistan as a state has meted out against the Hindus and other minorities in the country. The persecution coupled with terror attacks is what Pakistan has offered India over the past many years.

The question is should India help. The other question is will Pakistan change. The answer to both is one big 'NO.'