Violation of the Constitution of Pakistan
KARACHI: As a citizen, I wish to protest against a recent newspaper ad by the Sindh Institute of Ophthalmology Hyderabad that specifies that only non-Muslims can apply against the post of sanitary workers. This ad is not just derogatory, discriminatory and divisive but also a violation of the Constitution of Pakistan. The appearance of such mindless and insensitive ads has been an ongoing practice by various state institutions and there is not a single individual in parliament or government who has stood up and taken a position on the issue.
I request the government to issue immediate orders to withdraw all such demeaning ads that reserve janitorial assignments to non-Muslims. Where there is an inescapable need to allocate a quota for a special category of individuals, this must be applied to all managerial tiers and not be limited to janitors only.
Naeem Sadiq
Published in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2018.
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