Attack on Christian community in Jaranwala: Since the creation of Pakistan, minorities have not got equal rights in Pakistan.

Attack on Christian community in Jaranwala: Since the creation of Pakistan, minorities have not got equal rights in Pakistan. There is no action against minorities on social media, the police seem helpless in such routines.

Police Station City Jardanwala has said in the case registered under the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Punjab Sound System Act that after the alleged blasphemy incident on Wednesday, 500 to 600 angry protestors attacked the Christian homes and Churches were attacked after which these buildings were set on fire.

I have seen many posts on social media platforms in which people are being provoked by spreading fake news against the Christian community even after two days of the incident. Pakistan Army Chief says that anti-national elements are behind this incident. May be.

IG Punjab Usman Anwar said that a case has been registered against the main accused and police have also made arrests in this regard. We will take action against all those elements who participated in the vandalism and hurt their sentiments by burning the houses and churches of the (Christian community). He said that after this incident, there is a lot of fake news on social media, and we are looking at things from this angle as well.

Attack on Christian community in Jaranwala: Since the creation of Pakistan, minorities have not got equal rights in Pakistan. There is no action against minorities on social media, the police seem helpless in such routines.

According to Pakistan's National Commission for Human Rights, a total of 19 churches, including 12 registered and seven smaller unregistered churches, were set ablaze by the aggressors in the violent incidents of August 16. An investigation into the incidents of attacks and arson attacks on the Christian population in Jaranwala, Punjab province, Pakistan, is ongoing, and according to the official report on the damage caused in these incidents, 19 churches were destroyed by an angry mob in Jaranwala and its surroundings. Apart from houses and Christian places of worship, 86 houses were set on fire and vandalized.According to the report presented on Friday, the worst damage was done in Isa Nagri area where 40 houses and three churches were burnt, while two churches and 29 houses were also burnt in Mohalla Chamra Mandi.

Punjab caretaker chief minister Mohsin Naqvi has announced that the Punjab government will take steps to restore the damaged properties. The chairperson of Pakistan's National Commission for Human Rights, Rabia Zuberi, has said that some people have told the commission that the issue started with a financial dispute between the two parties, but the investigation is ongoing.

Pastor Imran Bhatti of Jardanwala is one of those people who have seen this scene of cruelty with his own eyes. He said that according to the initial reports, it was a transactional issue which came to light when the announcement was made to the public from the speaker of the mosque. According to Pastor Imran Bhatti, the matter started with two youths taking religion, which was later given a religious color and spread chaos. He said that some anarchist people were (involved). He made announcements about it on the loudspeakers of the mosques, after which he was joined by people from some banned parties.

He said that August 16 was a very difficult day for the Christians of Jaranwala, it seemed like we were citizens of another country, during which their houses and places of worship were set on fire. "Our children were starving; all roads were barricaded.

He said that due to fear, some families had to spend the night lying on agricultural lands along with their children. And some people went to their relatives in the twin regions to save their lives. According to Imran Bhatti, the police officers appeared helpless in front of the angry protesters. The police did not say anything to him. Rather, the officials stood by them as they burned the house.

He said that no one came to us for help. When the church caught fire, we called the fire brigade, but they too could not reach in time. When asked how such incidents can be prevented, he said, "We have to accept each other while living in one country."

Use of mosque loudspeakers and social media during riots.

The City Jardanwala police station has also registered a case against local leaders of Jamaat Ahles Sunnat and Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan for instigating attacks on houses and places of worship of the Christian community.

The police have included the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Punjab Sound System Act in the case and said that after the alleged blasphemy incident on August 16, at 9:20 am, a loudspeaker of Jama Masjid Mehtab near Cinema Chowk was played. The person made a provocative announcement against the Christian community, after which the news of the "unpleasant incident" spread to the public through social media and other sources. People gathered in groups at different places.

According to the police complaint, 500 to 600 people led by Ameer Jamaat Ahl,e,Sunnat and TLP leaders gathered near Cinema Chowk with sticks, stones and petrol bottles in Jardanwala and started shouting slogans. gave

According to him, some religious leaders 'incited the people to attack Christian settlements and churches.It is written in the text of the case that the accused entered the township resisting the police party and started vandalism and damaged the household goods. It created an atmosphere of fear and terror in the entire township. The accused started setting fire by throwing the goods from the houses outside in the market and entered the church and set fire there as well. The police have registered a case against the accused for entering the area of the Christian community and vandalizing it and setting fire to the places of worship and inciting the people.

What was the truth behind Jaranwala incident?

Eyewitnesses said that when women and men left their homes for a walk, they saw some papers scattered on the street, on which something had been written in red ink. Also, there was a handwritten note written in the same red ink. On top of the same writing were pictures of two people and their names, telephone numbers and addresses were also written.

Apparently, the people of the neighborhood knew and recognized the father and son in these pictures very well. No one in the neighborhood believed that they could do such a thing. We have known them for decades. It is surprising that 'if a person will do something wrong, why will he himself tell his name and address.'

He and others living in the neighborhood believe that someone has tried to trap these members of the Christian community, but they don't know who it could be and why he wants to do it.

Eyewitnesses said that around seven o'clock, one of the accused's brothers was returning home after finishing work at a factory, when people stopped him at the corner of the street and showed him the papers. He also expressed his indifference and surprise. He took some papers from people and took them home to show them to his father and brother.

When he picked up both of them and showed them the papers and asked what it was. These two father and son also expressed their non-relationship. All three of them came to us here, they said that they did not do any such thing and yet they apologized to the people.

Immediately after that, announcements were made from the mosques, after which a small number of people gathered, mostly young boys. People present at the spot say that if the administration had taken notice at that time and the police had taken action, the later disaster could have been prevented.