Protecting minorities: SHCBA condemns Joseph colony incident

Mustafa Lakhani said people shouldn’t discriminate against each other on the basis of religion.

KARACHI:

The Constitution of Pakistan guarantees the religious freedom to all communities, said the president of Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA), Mustafa Lakhani, in a meeting on Monday while condemning the torching of  Joseph Colony in Lahore.

Quoting from the speech delivered by Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, on September 11, 1947, he added that people shouldn’t discriminate against each other on the basis of religion. “The government’s inability to save the properties of the residents of Joseph Colony sends a negative message about our country to the world,” he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 12^th, 2013.