The only way the state can actually fulfill its constitutional duty to safeguard legitimate rights and interests of minorities is if the state allows them to have effective real representation
Source/Credit: Daily Times
By Yasser Latif Hamdani | September 18, 2017
Pakistan has barred Non-Muslims from becoming President since 1956 and Prime Minister since 1973
The Constitution of Pakistan 1973 incorporates the Objectives Resolution as Article 2-A. Two clauses of the Objectives Resolution deal with �minorities� in Pakistan. The first states: �Wherein adequate provision shall be made for the minorities freely to profess and practise their religions and develop their cultures�. The second states: �Wherein adequate provision shall be made to safeguard the legitimate interests of minorities and backward and depressed classes�. Then in principles of policy under Article 36, the Constitution states �The State shall safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of minorities, including their due representation in the Federal and Provincial services.�
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Perspective: Redressing the grievances of Pakistani minorities | Yasser Latif Hamdani
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