KARACHI, PAKISTAN, November 2011 (The Economic Times): Pakistan’s opposition leader Nawaz Sharif today told the Hindus not to think of migrating, saying they were safe in the country, days after three Hindu doctors were killed on broad daylight in Sindh province.
“Hindus are as much part of Pakistan as Muslims. It is duty of the government to provide protection to the minorities in the country. I tell them don’t worry about your future. Don’t think about migrating to India,” Sharif told the community leaders during his visit to the area to assuage the feelings of the grieved families.
“You are very much Pakistanis and should remain here,” Sharif said. Hindus reside in large numbers in the interior and rural reasons of the southern Sindh province.
Former prime minister Sharif who heads the main opposition party, Nawaz Muslim League was addressing a gathering of the Hindu community in Chak town where the tragic incident took place over an apparent dispute over a girl. The incident has caused widespread outrage in Pakistan with the Hindus questioning their status as Pakistani citizens after failing to get justice.