Head of Pakistan Hindu Council questions role of international community

ISLAMABAD (22nd September, 2020): India is full of patience over the killing of 11 Hindus, where is the so-called international community?

According to reports, the patron of the Pakistan Hindu Council Ramesh Kumar has said that 11 members of a Pakistani Hindu family were killed in Jodhpur. Our patience is running out.

Member National Assembly and Patron Supreme Pakistan Hindu Council, Ramesh Kumar, called on Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Foreign Office.

The meeting at the Foreign Office discussed in detail the tragic incident in Jodhpur district of India and the 11 Pakistani Hindus killed. Ramesh Kumar briefed Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the details of the Jodhpur incident.

Patron Supreme Pakistan Hindu Council Ramesh Kumar said that despite our strong demand, a transparent investigation into the Jodhpur incident could not be carried out, the Indian police is covering up the real facts by fabricating a suicide drama. On this occasion, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, “The protection of minorities is our constitutional responsibility and one of our top priorities”.

The Foreign Minister said that Pakistan strongly protested to India over the inhumane incident at Jodhpur and demanded from India to involve Pakistan in the investigation of the matter. He said that Pakistan strongly condemned the killing of a Pakistani Hindu family in India. There is sorrow and concern. Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the Patron Supreme Pakistan Hindu Council that India has been urged to give us full details on the Jodhpur incident.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that he would raise his voice in every possible forum for transparent investigation and justice of Jodhpur incident. Member National Assembly Ramesh Kumar said that more than a month and a half has passed since the Jodhpur incident but we have not received justice. He said that the patience of the Pakistani Hindu community was running out over the Jodhpur incident and they would start protests and sit-ins from today to seek justice.

It may be recalled that on August 9, 2020, 11 Pakistani Hindus were mysteriously killed in Jodhpur district of the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Shri Mati Makhi, daughter of a member of the victim’s family, had alleged in a press conference that the Indian intelligence agency RAW had asked her family to become anti-Pakistan agents but she was killed on refusal.