Texas Recognizes "Pakistan Day" As Pakistan Destroys Human Rights by Uzay Bulut

At the same time as Texas was celebrating "Pakistan Day", in Pakistan, Christian citizens were being arrested and sentenced to death for "blasphemy," and Muslims were abducting young Christian girls to sexually abuse, forcibly "marry," and coerce into converting to Islam.

Gatestone Institute : The Texas House of Representatives passed a resolution on March 28, officially recognizing March 23 as "Pakistan Day." The resolution, introduced by State Representative Dr. Suleman Lalani, claims that Pakistani Texans have made "significant contributions in the state's social, religious, linguistic, and economic spheres." Pakistan's Consul General in Texas, Muhammad Aftab Chaudhry, was present at the event.

The problem is that at the same time as Texas was celebrating "Pakistan Day", in Pakistan, Christian citizens were being arrested and sentenced to death for "blasphemy," and Muslims were abducting young Christian girls to sexually abuse, forcibly "marry," and coerce into converting to Islam.

Pakistan's national and provincial parliaments have given their consent to these atrocities. In 2019, the Sindh Provincial Assembly rejected a bill criminalizing forced religious conversions. This was the second attempt at enacting a law against forced conversion in the province. In 2016, the Assembly had passed a similar bill, but the governor did not agree to it.

In 2021, a committee in Pakistan's National Assembly rejected a bill against forced conversion after the Ministry of Religious Affairs opposed the proposed law.

Christians, Hindus and other non-Muslim communities in Pakistan have been enduring increased levels of violence and persecution.

On March 25, Muslim gunmen attacked 34-year-old Adnan Masih and his wife in Faisalabad District, robbing them at gunpoint. According to Masih:

"When I told them that I was a poor Christian and an ordinary worker at a brick kiln, they started whispering something into each other's ears... One of them grabbed my wife's arm and pulled her into a nearby sugarcane field... and took turns raping my wife."

On March 21, a Muslim in Punjab Province, Zohaib Iftikhar, slashed the throat of a Christian co-worker, Waqas Masih, on allegations that he had committed blasphemy by touching an Islamic textbook "with unclean hands."

On March 20, police arrested a social media influencer on allegations of blasphemy from the country's Muzaffargarh District. A complaint was filed against the woman for "posting derogatory remarks."

"Police registered a case against the TikToker under Sections 295-A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 298-A (Uttering words with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). She was later arrested... and she was sent to jail on judicial remand..."

On March 17, Federal Investigation Agency officials arrested 24-year-old Arsalan Gill, a Christian, "under a blasphemy law mandating the death penalty in relation to material that appeared on Facebook groups without his knowledge."

"The impoverished Catholic family was shocked when an FIA official told them late that night that their son was arrested and charged with sharing blasphemous content on Facebook groups. The FIA officials did not let them meet with him that night..."

These are not isolated cases. Under Pakistan's blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam, its prophet or other religious figures can be imprisoned and sentenced to death.

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