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S Jaishankar On Pakistan’s “Fanatical Mindset”

S Jaishankar On Pakistan’s “Fanatical Mindset”

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today appraised Parliament about the rising incidents of attacks on minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The minister cited ten major incidents involving brutal attacks on Hindus in Pakistan in the month of February alone, while updating MPs about the atrocities. “New Delhi tracks the treatment of minorities in Pakistan very closely,” Mr Jaishankar said, adding that India has made its position regarding action on Pakistan “well known”. During his address to parliamentarians, Mr Jaishankar highlighted Pakistan’s “fanatical and bigoted mindset” towards minorities. Among the ten gruesome incidents he mentioned, seven of them were related to abductions, disappearances, and forced conversions to Islam, two others were about kidnappings, and one even involved police brutality on students for merely celebrating Holi. Not just Hindus, but Sikhs were targeted to, the minister said. He narrated three incidents related to atrocities against members of the Sikh community. In one instance, a family of Sikhs were attacked and brutalised allegedly for resisting forced conversion. In the second case, another family of Sikhs faced …

‘Kantara’ Star Kishore Comes In Support Of Bollywood Against Fanatical Hooliganism Amid Boycott Trend

‘Kantara’ Star Kishore Comes In Support Of Bollywood Against Fanatical Hooliganism Amid Boycott Trend, Read On! (Photo Credit –Still From Kantara) Popular south Indian actor of ‘Kantara’ and ‘She’ fame Kishore has stirred a controversy by condemning the boycott Bollywood trend and equating it to fanatical hooliganism. Taking to social media, Kishore said the time has come for the film fraternity of the entire country to stand up and support Bollywood by condemning the trend of boycotting Bollywood films, fanatical hooliganism against them and the politics of hatred against its actors. It’s a failure of the governments that they can’t ensure the safety of a business or an industry in the world’s biggest democracy, Kishore opined. Even so, an atmosphere of fear has been created where people from the film industry are not talking, which is a shame on the government officials who are responsible for maintaining law and order, he said. It is a clear violation of law which is poisoning the society and needs to be stopped and punished before the fire spreads …