295 & 298C Dr.Umair Mehmood Sadiqui

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00:00In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

00:09Recently, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has published

00:14the annual report of 2024.

00:17Every year, concerns are presented by this commission on Pakistan.

00:22This time, they have included Pakistan in Countries of Particular Concern.

00:27In this annual report of International Religious Freedom,

00:30many demands have been made to Pakistan.

00:33Two of these demands are very noteworthy.

00:36It is written that release blasphemy prisoners and other individuals

00:40in prison for their religion or beliefs.

00:43That is, all those criminals who are imprisoned in jails due to 295C or blasphemy laws

00:49and they have been imprisoned due to some blasphemy,

00:53all those people should be released.

00:55The next thing is written that repeal blasphemy and anti-Ahmadiyya laws.

01:00That is, the 295C blasphemy law and 298C anti-Ahmadiyya laws should be abolished from Pakistan.

01:08In this report, it has been requested that until these laws are not abolished,

01:13until then, anyone who is arrested under the law of blasphemy in Pakistan,

01:18should be treated as a bailable offense.

01:22It is noteworthy that it has also been said in the recommendations

01:26that such individuals who promote such laws should be banned from entering America.

01:32And along with this, according to the International Religious Freedom Act,

01:36the laws of Pakistan should be repealed.

01:41In this report, forced conversion, 295C and 298C were accused of misuse.

01:48Regarding forced conversion, I have visited the whole of Pakistan

01:53and I have interviewed people from more than 50 different religious groups.

02:03I can say with certainty that there is no such thing as forced conversion in Pakistan.

02:09All the people who have participated in the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom report,

02:19they should first pay attention to how a large number of mosques have been targeted in Gaza and Palestine.

02:30In fact, the mosques of many other religions, including the Porphyrius Church,

02:36have been severely damaged.

02:39The situation is such that in Palestine and Gaza,

02:42at the moment, hungry, thirsty and desperate,

02:45innocent children are dying at the hands of their mothers.

02:49Do they not see the violation of human rights in Palestine and Gaza at the moment?

02:55And making the environment unlivable,

02:58where starvation is being used as a war tool after weaponization,

03:03before pointing fingers at Pakistan,

03:06I think that in Palestine,

03:08the way human rights violations and religious freedom are being neglected,

03:14they should first pay attention to it.