Karachi incident calls for appropriate and immediate action to counter religiously motivated terrorism: CHRE
Centre for Human Rights Education- Pakistan, an organization working to promote religious tolerance and respect of religious diversity has strongly condemned the barbaric attack on the Ismaili community (a group of Shia Muslims) in which at least 46 died and 24 injured including children reportedly.
Mr. Samson Salamat, Director of the Centre for Human Rights Education-Pakistan has expressed solidarity with the Ismaili community and has reiterated the demand for the appropriate measures for the protection of the religious minorities in Pakistan who are constantly under attack.
Mr. Samson Salamat in his statement said that “we have continuously been demanding concrete policy to counter religious extremism and terrorism which is not possible without taking stern action against militant groups and all those individuals and groups who are spreading hatred and biases on the basis of religion and sect which is leading to the bloodshed”.
He further added that “the nation got a hope when the national leadership came up with a long awaited “National Action Plan” after the attack on APS- Peshawar, however we are feeling disappointed today and the whole nation is questioning about the Implementation of “National Action Plan”.
Mr. Samson Salamat added that once again Centre for Human Rights Education- Pakistan and the whole civil society of the country calls upon the government of Pakistan, political leadership and the state institutions responsible for the safety and security of citizens for a greater seriousness to deal with the issue of religious extremism and terrorism.
Centre for Human Rights Education- Pakistan would like once again submit the following demands for immediate action to counter terrorism and religious extremism:
– Those who attacked the Ismaili Community in Karachi should be exposed and brought to justice without any delay.
– There should be stern action against the terrorists and militant outfits wherever they exist without any recognition of good or bad Taliban. The terrorists do not deserve any softness as they are killers of thousands of innocent citizens and should be brought before justice indiscriminately.
– The hideouts and Training Centers of the militant outfits should be targeted where they are training youth for terrorist acts.
– The access of the militant outfits to the educational institutions should be checked and banned.
– The financing of the terrorist groups should be checked strictly and stopped.
– All those individuals who are supporting the militants and terrorists openly or secretly should be held account.
– A very comprehensive border security plan should be formulated to make sure to control the foreign terrorists for entering in Pakistan and using our soil for terrorist activities.
– The ban on hate speech should be implemented in letter and spirit and all those found in spreading hate speech through print or electronic media or through loud speakers should be apprehended.
– Peace cannot be achieved without Deweopanization of the Pakistani society and therefore strong political will and an effective policy for Deweopanization and a very heavy responsibility rests on the shoulders of major political stakeholders.
– The syllabus of the educational institutions needs to be thoroughly checked and the material which spreads hate on religious, sectarian or any other basis should be eliminated from the curriculum.
– All those laws which are being misused to instigate people for violence in the society should be revisited.
Naveed Raphael
Press Information Secretary
Category: Media Monitoring
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