In wake of the recent atrocities on minorities, I would like to share a paragraph from an article i recently wrote for a daily.
The white in our flag
Pakistan is a pluralistic country and minorities thrive here, that is why the country advocates fair treatment for the minorities in other parts of the world like Burma and other western states. However, some minor incidents surfaced in the news recently, nothing monstrous, where a Christian teenager, Sharoon Masih, was thrashed to death by his Muslim classmates for not being one of them. Moreover, a Christian prisoner, Indaryas Ghulam, was allegedly tortured to death in cell for not accepting the faith of the majority, over a dozen of Hindu girls have been forcefully converted in Sindh. And only a month ago a teenager escaped death at the hands of an angry mob, who accused him of blasphemy. However, let this not be an attempt to malign the pluralistic society of Pakistan, because the whole nation is aware of what the white in the Pakistani flag symbolizes and their perception, regarding minorities, is aligned with the founder of our beloved democracy.
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