JI President Senator Sherry Rehman said there were many things that make her proud to be a Pakistani but the way minorities were dealt was not one of them. “This report is made with the hope for a change in our country; to hold up every citizen’s rights, to protect the vulnerable and to go beyond that — to empower them. It is responsibility of the majority to speak up when minorities are under attack,” she said.
Rehman said that while it was indeed the state’s responsibility, it was also everyone’s responsibility as citizens of Pakistan and as agents of change. “The recommendations of the report may not be huge, but they are very important in furthering our commitment to the future,” she said.
Ali Dayan Hasan, the editor of the report, said it was an important contribution towards putting such findings on the record. “There is no political, social or ethical consensus on this kind of topic particularly on issues pertaining to discrimination,” he said.
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