Pakistan tears down Hindu homes

Lahore: A Basti of minority Hindu community was razed to the ground in the blistering heat of Bhawalpur in its Punjab province.What's even more shocking is, the demolition of walls and roofs over people's head were crushed under the watch of Tariq Bashir Cheema, the Housing Minister in the Imran Khan cabinet, who was accompanied by the country's Principal Information Officer Shahid Khokhar. Painful images showed bulldozers rampaging ruthlessly over houses and debris with men, children and women crying for mercy.

The incident came days after the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan tore into the government for its failure to protect the rights of minorities.

Recently, in a similar incident, houses and a graveyard belonging to the Christian community in Khanewal district of Punjab province were destroyed by a politician belonging to Imran Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Pakistan is a well-established perpetrator of such human rights violations. Various governments of Pakistan, on several occasions, have promised to safeguard the interest of minority communities in the nation. However, rampant attacks on minorities narrate a different story.