In Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, demonstrators against the government's irrigation canal projects attacked a Hindu minister. Protesters tossed tomatoes and potatoes at the state minister for religious affairs' motorcade as it passed through the province.
The incident in Thatta district of Sindh, a province with a sizable minority population, especially Hindus, did not injure Kohistani, a minister in the federal administration led by prime minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Sharif promised Kohistani a full investigation into the incident and denounced the attack on him. "It is reprehensible that public officials were attacked. He declared that those responsible for the incident will get exemplary punishment.
Pakistan, which strives to teach other nations about minorities, has a dismal record when it comes to protecting its own minorities, which coincides with the attack on Kohistani. Numerous members of minority groups, including as Christians and Hindus, have repeatedly faced systematic persecution and forced conversion.
Why was the Hindu minister attacked?
On the grounds that the federal government's irrigation canal projects would lessen the downward flow of rivers that are essential for Sindh's irrigation, Kohistani was attacked by a group of protesters.
As a member of the ruling pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Kohistani was subjected to anti-party sloganeering by demonstrators.
Under the Green pakistan Initiative, which has the backing of the strong army, the federal government, and the punjab provincial administration, the federal government has announced a plan to build six canals in the punjab province to irrigate land in the Cholistan region.
However, a number of political parties and nationalist organizations in Sindh have been opposing the project on the grounds that the canals will negatively impact irrigation in the area by lowering the downstream water flow.
Federal Interior Secretary report and Sindh Inspector General police (IGP) Ghulam Nabi Memon's account of the attack on Kohistani were requested by Federal Information minister Atta Tarar.
Syed Murad ali Shah, the chief minister of Sindh, also denounced the incident and asserted that no one has the authority to enforce the law on their own.
He gave the hyderabad region's Deputy Inspector General of police instructions to detain the attackers involved in the incident right away and file a report on it.
Kohistani, who comes from the Jamshoro area of Sindh, was first elected as a Member of parliament in 2018 on a PML-N platform. After completing a five-year term, he was re-elected in 2024 and received approval to be promoted to the position of minister of state.
The incident in Thatta district of Sindh, a province with a sizable minority population, especially Hindus, did not injure Kohistani, a minister in the federal administration led by prime minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Sharif promised Kohistani a full investigation into the incident and denounced the attack on him. "It is reprehensible that public officials were attacked. He declared that those responsible for the incident will get exemplary punishment.
Pakistan, which strives to teach other nations about minorities, has a dismal record when it comes to protecting its own minorities, which coincides with the attack on Kohistani. Numerous members of minority groups, including as Christians and Hindus, have repeatedly faced systematic persecution and forced conversion.
Why was the Hindu minister attacked?
On the grounds that the federal government's irrigation canal projects would lessen the downward flow of rivers that are essential for Sindh's irrigation, Kohistani was attacked by a group of protesters.
As a member of the ruling pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Kohistani was subjected to anti-party sloganeering by demonstrators.
Under the Green pakistan Initiative, which has the backing of the strong army, the federal government, and the punjab provincial administration, the federal government has announced a plan to build six canals in the punjab province to irrigate land in the Cholistan region.
However, a number of political parties and nationalist organizations in Sindh have been opposing the project on the grounds that the canals will negatively impact irrigation in the area by lowering the downstream water flow.
Federal Interior Secretary report and Sindh Inspector General police (IGP) Ghulam Nabi Memon's account of the attack on Kohistani were requested by Federal Information minister Atta Tarar.
Syed Murad ali Shah, the chief minister of Sindh, also denounced the incident and asserted that no one has the authority to enforce the law on their own.
He gave the hyderabad region's Deputy Inspector General of police instructions to detain the attackers involved in the incident right away and file a report on it.
Kohistani, who comes from the Jamshoro area of Sindh, was first elected as a Member of parliament in 2018 on a PML-N platform. After completing a five-year term, he was re-elected in 2024 and received approval to be promoted to the position of minister of state.
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