New Delhi (NVI): India today slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for his “unwarranted and gratuitous comments” on the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and said he should ensure protection of the rights of that country’s minorities and co-religionists rather than casting aspersions on others.
Khan had tweeted two days back, alleging that the legislation “violates all norms of int (international) human rights law & bilateral agreements with Pak.”
“I am not going to respond to every unwarranted and gratuitous comments made by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on our internal affairs,” Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said at a media briefing here today.
“Such comments (by Khan) cannot absolve Pakistan of the blatant persecution of the religious minorities which flows, including from the discrimination imbibed in its Constitution, the draconian blasphemy laws; the apathy of the State institutions in protecting the girls belonging to minority community from rape, abduction, forced conversion and marriages; vandalism and destruction of religious places of worship,” Kumar added.
The spokesman went on to add that, “Instead of casting aspersions on others, Pakistan needs to look inwards and ensure protection and promotion of the rights of its minorities and co-religionists rather than compulsively comment on others in the breach of internationally recognized norms.”
