ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has deplored the reprehensible act of banning Muslim girl students from wearing hijab in Indian state of Karnataka.
In a statement Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said Indian Charge d Affaires in Islamabad was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He said Charge d Affaires was conveyed Pakistan s grave concern and condemnation on the deeply reprehensible act of banning Muslim girl students from wearing hijab in the Indian state of Karnataka.
He said Charge d Affaires was urged to convey to the Government of India, Pakistan s extreme concern over the anti-hijab campaign, being spearheaded by RSS-BJP combine in Karnataka, which is part of its larger exclusionist and majoritarian agenda aimed at dehumanizing and demonizing Muslim women.
The Spokesperson said Indian diplomat was further conveyed Pakistan s deep concern that religious intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization and discrimination against Muslims continue unabated even after almost two years of the horrific Delhi riots which claimed the lives of 50 innocent Muslims in February 2020.
