I hope that what was suggested in this landmark judgment will be taken seriously and implemented by the government.
RAWALPINDI: The judgment delivered on June 19, 2014 by a full bench of the Supreme Court in a suo-motu case regarding the suicide attack on Peshawar’s All Saints Church is a milestone in the country’s history.
The Honourable Court said that the state needs to broaden its sphere with regard to the problems faced by the country’s religious minority communities. The 32-page judgment said that all citizens have the right to propagate and observe their faith and that no citizen has a right over the other to enforce his or her beliefs on others.
The judgment passed by the Honourable Court also talked about the state setting up a task force to look into minority affairs, to design appropriate curricula where the religious beliefs of others are not ridiculed, to discourage hate speech, and even suggested the formation of specially-trained police force to deal with instances of attacks on minorities. I hope that what was suggested in this landmark judgment will be taken seriously and implemented by the government.
Rohail Nazir Arthur
Published in The Express Tribune, August 12th, 2014.
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