Earlier in the day, Punjab’s Minister for Information and Culture Fayyazul Hassan Chohan, while addressing a press conference had passed derogatory remarks against the country’s Hindu community while criticising India, drawing the ire of political leaders. Mithi: An oasis of Muslim Hindu tolerance“You cow urine-drinking people, listen to me,” Chohan had said during the press conference. In a first, Pakistan appoints Hindu woman as civil judgeThe country’s finance minister slammed Chohan and reminded him that, “Quaid-e-Azam’s whole struggle was for a country free of discrimination”. The derogatory and insulting remarks against the Hindu community by Fayyaz Chohan the Punjab Info Minister demand strict action. — Naeem ul Haque (@naeemul_haque) March 4, 2019According to the Pakistan Hindu Council, the Hindu community constitutes around four per cent of the country’s population.

Source: The Express Tribune March 05, 2019 06:00 UTC