Elected Central President For Minorities PTI, 2013 And Member Central Executive Committee PTI Officially Announced To Quit Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf
Elected Central President For Minorities PTI, 2013 And Member Central Executive Committee PTI Officially Announced To Quit Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf: Sajid Ishaq, Chairman Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL), Elected Central President for Minorities Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, 2013 and Member Central Executive Committee PTI officially announced to quit Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf along with Javed Pyara, Senior Leader KPK and other prominent Minority members including Hindus, Sikhs and Christians in a press conference held at a local hotel in Islamabad.
Sajid Ishaq, Chairman PIL said that he was utterly disappointed by the approach and mindsets of the senior leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf towards religious Minorities in Pakistan. He said that PTI has completely failed to safeguard the rights of the Minorities in general and Christians in specific. He also criticized the U-turn policy of the leadership and said that it is disheartening that PTI is deviating from its ideology which emphasizes on protecting the rights of the oppressed. He said that he had advised PTI Chairman Imran Khan on several occasions to take firm stand for providing equal opportunities to Minorities but it is disappointing to see that PTI has miserably failed to even protect the rights of the Minorities in KPK where it has its Government.
Sajid Ishaq, Chairman PIL said that the Minorities have lost their confidence in PTI as it has betrayed the trust of the non-Muslims, especially the Christians at different occasions. He said that the Christian members of PTI have always been loyal, sincere and dedicated to the vision and mission of PTI and have supported their struggle for bringing change, transparency and equality in Pakistan however, ever since Christian members have joined PTI they have experienced discrimination and developed the following concerns:
- PTI has failed to consult the elected office bearers of the Minority Wing in all major decisions taken regarding the religious Minorities;
- PTI Government in KPK has failed to release, till date, the compensation amount of Rs. 200,000,000 (Rupees two hundred million) to the families of the martyrs of the Peshawar Church blast, 2013 (Rs. 100,000,000 by Federal Government and Rs.100,000,000 by the KP Government);
- PTI has only approved 3% job quota for religious Minorities in KP while in rest of the country it is 5%, which is in direct contradiction with the judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan;
- The number of reserved seats for the Minorities in KP is only 2% while in Sindh and Balochistan it is 5%;
- PTI has a parachute culture where people with money and influence jump in during times of elections and supersede all diehards who have been struggling all along;
- As per the survey of Fair and Free Election Network (FAFEN), out of 28 constituencies where the strength of voters is over 200,000 in Sindh and Punjab, 20 constituencies belong to Christians while 8 to Hindus however Christians are still not considered a preference by PTI;
Sajid Ishaq, Chairman PIL declared that he will not join any Political Party nor is he interested in obtaining reserved seats as he believes that reserved seats are equal to slavery where the selected representatives are busy pleasing the top leadership of the Political Parties and have no roots in the community. He further said that the Minorities have seen the mindsets of all Political Parties where they did not cater to the rights of the Minorities during the Election Reform Committee proceedings; they did not give any representation to Non-Muslim Parliamentarians to voice the demand of the Minorities and took decisions on their own which were neither in their favor nor did they benefit the Minorities in any way.
Chairman PIL said that the Minorities have been hoodwinked enough by all Political Parties and that they are not ready to be fooled again in 2018 elections.
Chairman PIL also strongly criticized the role of the Non-Muslim Member Parliament who has completely FAILED to safeguard the rights of the Religious Minorities and only enjoyed their perks.
Chairman Sajid Ishaq announced that PIL will nominate its candidates against all Political Parties wherever Christians and other non-Muslims are in Majority and that PIL is launching a country wide campaign from today, on the following pertinent issues:
- That the Election System shall be changed to Election NOT Selection
- That there will be increase in seats of Non-Muslims Pakistanis in National and Provincial Assemblies;
- That all Political parties will award tickets to Non-Muslim Pakistani wherever they are in a substantial number.
Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) which is a socio-political movement comprising a network of religious scholars, clerics, political workers, journalists, lawyers, academia, students, civil society representatives, and members of corporate sector, specifically focusing to promote interfaith harmony, peace and collective wisdom in their respective domains.
PIL envisions to have the whole nation united under one flag irrespective of religious beliefs, ethnicity, traditions and culture to contribute in prosperity, peace and stability of Pakistan. PIL has come forward to ensure collective wisdom, coexistence, justice, peace, tolerance and interfaith harmony in the country.
PIL envisages bringing a positive change in mindsets and promoting equality for most vulnerable segments of the society such as religious minorities and people persecuted on the basis of religion.
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