Are minority corona viruses in Pakistan deprived of aid?

Are minority coronaviruses in Pakistan deprived of aid?

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a statement April 13 expressing concern that Pakistani minorities were being deprived of food aid for those infected with the coronavirus.

In its statement, the commission cited the example of Karachi, an economically important city in Pakistan, where Christians have been marginalized and said the aid was for Muslims only.

The commission said in a statement that it was wrong to deny relief on religious grounds at a time when there was an epidemic and people were unable to provide food for their families.

Firdous Shamim Naqvi is a member of the PTI Provincial Assembly and Leader of the Opposition in Sindh. He said that some such news came to light, but no such action was taken immediately and nowhere.

Lawyer Nadeem Anthony is the head of the Punjab Chapter of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission in Lahore.  As a result of the shutdown, he lost his job and found it difficult to feed his children. In such cases, if a rescue team does not try to reach them, they have no one to go to.

It is well known that there was an incident in Pakistan's Sindh province when some Hindus approached and said that the relief food was only for Muslims, but I did not do what happens in the rest of the country. Religion-based on religion.

Maulana Qari Muhammad Hanif is the head of Jalandhari Jamia Khair Madrassas and the General Secretary of the Federation of Madrassas of Pakistan. He said that from the Islamic point of view only Zakat can be said for Muslims, otherwise, there is no difference between Muslims and non-Muslims in all other matters.

He told VOA that the Federation of Madrassas provided assistance to people affected by the coronavirus epidemic across the country.

He said that from the beginning of this epidemic, all religious scientists in Pakistan had started with ease and had instructed that no discrimination should be made on the basis of any sect or religion.

Sarah Hisham is the CEO of South Asian Women's Empowerment. He said that initially there were reports of such incidents in Sindh and no such incident had taken place after the authorities took notice.

He said that they also receive Zakat money in donations and distribute it among the people without any religious discrimination because this is the situation at present and then it is not aid in the form of wealth but aid.

Maulana Hanif Jalandhari says that if people belonging to minorities in Pakistan are facing difficulties in providing assistance, they should approach their representatives.

Nadeem Anthony said a Christian minister once visited the John area in Lahore and provided assistance to the people, but only to a hundred people, not the whole area.

He added that Christian institutions do not have the resources to help their community on a large scale. Some NGOs made arrangements with the Archbishop of Karachi, but the aid was for a week only, after which no attempt was made.

Firdous Naqvi says the government's' Ehsan 'program, which provides assistance to needy families, can provide them with two months' rations.

( Hamari News )