Pakistan sacks provincial minister for anti-Hindu comments
Federal government removes Punjab provincial information minister from post following insulting remarks
Islamabad — Pakistan’s government sacked a provincial minister on Tuesday for making offensive comments about Hindus, amid easing tensions with India after the two nuclear-armed neighbours came to the brink of war last month. Punjab provincial information minister Fayyaz Chohan referred on Monday to Hindus, who number more than 4-million in Muslim-majority Pakistan, as “cow urine drinkers” in a highly charged speech against India. The statement was immediately condemned on social media and by senior members of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s governing party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as hurtful to the country’s Hindu minority. Chohan later said his comments were aimed at India and not Pakistani Hindus. The federal government “has removed Fayyaz Chohan from the post of Punjab information minister following derogatory remarks about the Hindu community,” the PTI said. “Bashing someone’s faith should not be a part of any narrative.” Pakistani politicians in the past have not been penali...
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