{"id":556858,"date":"2026-07-18T10:39:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=556858"},"modified":"2026-07-18T10:39:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:39:30","slug":"pakistan-hits-back-at-eu-over-minority-rights-lectures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-hits-back-at-eu-over-minority-rights-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan hits back at EU over minority rights lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nFederal Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Danyal Chaudhry on Friday called out \u201cselective lectures\u201d directed at Pakistan regarding minority rights during its GSP+ assessment.<br \/>\n\u201cPakistan\u2019s GSP+ assessment has once again become a platform for selective lectures on minority rights,\u201d the parliamentary secretary stated in a post on X, highlighting religious tolerance and inter-faith harmony in the country.<br \/>\nIn Pakistan, neither the state nor society discriminated against religious minorities, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan with a 97% Muslim population has got 2,189 churches (1 per 1,206 Christians), 732 temples (1 per 5,669 Hindus) and 58 gurdwaras (1 per 159 Sikhs),\u201d he said, contrasting this with the UK, which, he noted, has one mosque for every 2,249 Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>The parliamentary secretary emphasized that special measures were undertaken by federal and provincial governments for the celebration of minority religious occasions, alongside the maintenance and protection of their holy places.<br \/>\nHe also questioned the tolerance levels of other nations, pointing to France, where a hijab ban was imposed in 2004, a face veil ban in 2011, and an abaya ban in schools in 2023.<br \/>\nDanyal also noted face-covering restrictions in Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.<br \/>\n\u201cYet the EU continues to recycle narratives sourced 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