Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has appreciated the nation’s collective response to the Sialkot lynching incident, saying that people belonging to all walks of life unanimously condemned the brutal killing of foreign national. Fawad said hate crime incidents of religious nature frequently take place in India against Muslims and other minorities but their government does not take any action to stop them. The minister quoted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s statement that the entire country condemned the Sialkot tragedy unequivocally “like it united against Army Public School (APS) carnage”. “It’s perfectly okay… normal Pakistan is like this and its part of our culture to sing during private gatherings or festivities,” Fawad said while praising the opposition leaders. “We only have political difference with them [PML-N]... our only concern is that they should not fund weddings through our [nation’s] money and return the [looted] wealth,” he added.

Source: The Nation December 07, 2021 23:23 UTC