Says Pakistan is a beautiful bouquet of followers of different religions. Anyone who tries to spoil this bouquet will be punished
By Asim Shahzad
LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Minority Affairs Ramesh Singh Arora during his visit to Mujahid Colony Sargodha made a detailed inspection of the affected house and factory of the Christian community.
Earlier, while presiding over a meeting at the commissioner’s office, he took detailed information about the tragic incident and also visited the nearby church.
Talking to the media representatives on this occasion, the provincial minister said that the Mujahid Colony incident is heartbreaking but an attack on the Constitution of Pakistan.
The provincial minister said that Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had instructed that human lives should be protected at all costs, while cases have been registered against 250 to 300 unknown persons under the provisions of terrorism, while 44 have been arrested and 33 have been judicially prosecuted.
He further said that Pakistan is a beautiful bouquet of followers of different religions. Anyone who tries to spoil this bouquet will be punished.
The provincial minister further said that the present government celebrated together Easter, Baisakhi and Holi, but some people do not want peace here.
He praised the security agencies and said that the police and administrative officers saved the city and the country from great loss by taking timely measures and we paid tribute to Police for saving the victim’s family.
He told the media that no one was killed in the accident but one injured person is under treatment.
After taking the oath, the Chief Minister of Punjab had said that the minorities are safer in the province while the Punjab government is taking steps to prevent such incidents from happening in the future.
Commissioner Mohammad Ajmal Bhatti, RPO Shariq Kamal Siddiqui, Deputy Commissioner Capt Retired Aurangzeb Haider Khan, MPs Ijaz Alam Augustine, Sonia Asher and Shakeela Athar, besides Masih Akbarin and religious leaders were also present on this occasion.
