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boing · #1 (**permalink**) 06-30-2007, 12:39 AM

http://www.paktribune.com/speakout/index.php?id=79

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Is a Pakistani Christian equal to a fellow Muslim?

"A young Pakistani student belonging to the Christian faith has posed an interesting question through a petition in the Lahore High Court. The question is: Am I, a Pakistani Christian equal to a fellow citizen who is a Muslim ?For those of the readers who missed the news item reported by an English daily, this young student belongs to a low income group, is a practicing Christian and extremely bright. She has been competing to get into the King Edwards Medical College but was beaten on the list by 20 marks by a Muslim student who got the extra 20 marks for being Hafiz--e-Quran. So, now this young Christian girl has filed a plea in the Lahore Court declaring that she and the Muslim student had equal marks but the latter got the advantage of religion. The young Christian student claims that ``this is discrimination against religious minority students and a violation of fundamental rights granted by the Constitution of Pakistan." The petition admitted by the Lahore High Court demands that either the LHC should rule to abolish the policy or should declare that a parallel policy should be made to award twenty additional marks to religious minority students on the basis of their religious knowledge. Fifty eight years after the creation of the country to ask such a question through the courts is both tragic and hopeful".

Constitution of Pakistan, Part II, Chapter -1, Fundamental Rights, Article 22 says:-

(1) No person attending any educational institution shall be required to receive religious instruction, or take part in any religious ceremony, or attend religious worship, if such instruction, ceremony or worship relates to a religion other than his own.

(2) In respect of any religious institution, there shall be no discrimination against any community in the granting of exemption or concession in relation to taxation.

(3) Subject to law: (a) no religious community or denomination shall be prevented from providing religious instruction for pupils of that community or denomination in any educational institution maintained wholly by that community or denomination; and

(b) no citizen shall be denied admission to any educational institution receiving aid from public revenues on the ground only of race, religion, caste or place of birth.

(4) Nothing in this Article shall prevent any public authority from making provision for the advancement of any socially or educationally backward class of citizens.

david_becks · #2 (**permalink**) 06-30-2007, 12:42 AM

Thats not a new thing.

ACHILLES · #3 (**permalink**) 06-30-2007, 01:44 AM

ofcourse, he is. Wait a min., is a Dalit equal to a Brahmin? Well thats not a valid question!!!!

boing · #4 (**permalink**) 06-30-2007, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by kilyas22

ofcourse, he is. Wait a min., is a Dalit equal to a Brahmin? Well thats not a valid question!!!!

Is this going to be standard approach ? For every post that points out a valid issue with pakistan pose one about India ? No one is denying that India has issues, but this is a Pak forum, so we are posting issues that pakistan faces.

How is this a valid approach to a discussion ?

desi_boy2003 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-30-2007, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by boing

Is this going to be standard approach ? For every post that points out a valid issue with pakistan pose one about India ? No one is denying that India has issues, but this is a Pak forum, so we are posting issues that pakistan faces.

How is this a valid approach to a discussion ?

All you guys can do is simply throw dirt at us for one reason or another.By looking at the Indian media, one can easily infer most of u hate us from the depth of your heart.Look at your problems before telling us what's wrong with our country.

boing · #6 (**permalink**) 06-30-2007, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by desi_boy2003

All you guys can do is simply throw dirt at us for one reason or another.By looking at the Indian media, one can easily infer most of u hate us from the depth of your heart.Look at your problems before telling us what's wrong with our country.

PS: This is from a pakistani site. This is a pakistani forum, current affairs section. What else do you want to discuss here ? the latest pakistani TV soap ?

Sher10 · #7 (**permalink**) 06-30-2007, 05:30 AM

http://www.pakstop.com/pmforums/f84/