Imran Khan's PTI party puts up vile 'Baat se nahi, laat se maanta hai' poster about Hindus

Pakistan's persecution of mirities has been exposed once again as a poster put up by a leader of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has issued a vile and demeaning open threat to Hindus.

'This is bigoted Naya Pakistan for you'

As per a Pakistani journalist,  poster in question has been put up by a leader of Pakistan’s ruling party PTI in Lahore. It says, Translated from Urdu, it reads “Hindu baat se nahin, laat se maanta hai” or "Hindus understand langu of violence (a kick), t words."

poster also carried photographs of Pakistan PM Imran Khan and Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan who led two-nation ory. A flag of India ‘cancelled out’ was also added on poster. journalist who highlighted it wrote, "This is bigoted Naya Pakistan for you." 

Hate messs against Hindus, who form a minuscule mirity in Pakistan, are routinely expressed by Pakistani lawmakers and politicians. Recently, two under Hindu girls were abducted in Sindh province and were forcibly converted and married off to older Muslim men.

US names & shames Pakistan

In a big embarrassment for Pakistan, its persecution of religious mirities was called out by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday. Speaking at launch of International Religious Freedom Alliance, he highlighted plight of Hindus in Pakistan. Moreover, he stated that 8 out of 10 people in world faced problems in practising ir faith freely. 

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Similarly, he condemned Chinese Communist Party’s hostility for all faiths. 27 countries including UK, Israel, Australia, Brazil and Greece are part of this Alliance. 

Mike Pompeo remarked, “Toger, we say that freedom of religion is t a Western ideal, but truly bedrock of societies. That’s clear from Declaration of Principles. It is grounded in International Declaration of Human Rights. Every human being has right to change ir faith or hold faith at all. More than 8 in 10 people live in a world today where y cant practise ir faith freely.

"We condemn terrorists and violent extremists who target religious mirities wher y are Yazidis in Iraq, Hindus in Pakistan, Christians in rth-east Nigeria and Muslims in Burma. We condemn blasphemy and apostasy laws that criminalise matters of soul. We condemn Chinese Communist Party’s hostility to all faiths."

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