The Pakistan Hindu Council, a representative body of the minority Hindu community in the neighbouring country, has, while expressing serious concern over the reported arrest of an alleged RAW agent in
The Pakistan Hindu Council, a representative body of the minority Hindu community in the neighbouring country, has, while expressing serious concern over the reported arrest of an alleged RAW agent in Balochistan province of Pakistan, asked the Prime Ministers of the two countries to probe the incident jointly.
The PHC said that it sees a “conspiracy” against the India-Pakistan bonhomie behind the arrest of the accused by the Pakistan authorities.
Its patron-in-chief, Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, who is also a member of the Pakistan National Assembly, in a statement mailed to this newspaper, regretted that “whenever there is some hope for peace, such incidents start to happen with a purpose to fulfil the vested interests (sic).”
Mr Vankwani said, “Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi should join hands to carry joint investigations against elements behind such unwanted incidents.”
He also expressed grief on the recent spurious liquor tragedy in Pakistan’s Sindh province during Holi celebrations in which 45 Hindus lost their lives and demanded immediate dismissal of the provincial excise minister, holding him responsible for the tragedy.
“Usage of alcohol is prohibited in every religion, including Hinduism, and the Pakistan Hindu Council has demanded a number of times for a complete ban on the sale and purchase of alcohol in the name of minorities,” he said.
