Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter |
An Indian Muslim father and son arrived in Pakistan to seek the refuge after they were targeted by “Hindu terrorists” in their homeland, India.
The father named Mohammad Hasnain (70) and his son Ishaq Amir (31), the residents of Jaffar Aabad New Delhi, India appealed the Pakistani Authorities to provide them protection in Pakistan as they planned to come Pakistan after they were targeted by “Hindu terrorists” multiple times.
M. Hasnain and Ishaq Amir departed to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) from India on September 5. After two days they got visa of Afghanistan and reached in Kabul on September 8. Then took a flight to Kandahar and arrived at Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Spin Boldak via taxi.
They entered in Pakistan through Chaman border in Quetta with the help of the agent, paid Rs 60,000 to taxi driver and asked him to drop them to Hub, from where they entered in Karachi by riding rickshaw.
The two then contacted the police after arriving in Karachi and were shifted to Edhi center with the help of the police.
Mohammad Hasnain told that “Muslims are the victim of religious discrimination in India since the creation of Pakistan.”
“I wish to be died but don’t want to go back India. Pakistan is the land of dream for me” he said.
“I want to spend comfortable life in Pakistan and want to see my future generation to grow up in secure environment” the father added.
Both the father and the son are now staying at the Edhi center in Sohrab Goth according to the Geo News.
Religious discrimination in India, the world's largest democracy, has reached a "frightening" level since Narendra Modi-led Hindu nationalist party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), rose to power in 2015.
The US State Department, in its annual report on religious freedom has listed several attacks against India's religious minorities that include Muslims and Christians in the billion-plus nation.
Human rights groups also accuse Modi's rule of fostering discriminatory religious nationalism targeting Muslims, Christian, and Sikh religious minorities.
