"Our cultural identities have been suppressed by a religious and extremist mindset. There is no space for intellectual discussion."
Source/Credit: UCAN News
By Kamran Chaudhry | May 16, 2017
'Religious cleansing must stop,' says chief spokesman of Punjab provincial government
Pakistani policemen stand guard during the Easter Sunday service at the Sacred Heart Cathedral Church in Lahore on April 16. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP)
An official from Pakistan's most populous Punjab province has admitted that authorities have failed to protect religious minorities from hard-line Islamists.
"The intolerance, anger on religious matters and culture of lynching disturbs us," said Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan chief spokesman of the Punjab government speaking at the May 12 event titled "Securing Punjab's Diversity" in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province where majority of Christians in the country reside. Punjab also has 60 percent of the country's population.
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