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Pakistan aiding China in repressing Uyghurs in Xinjiang

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Pakistan has repeatedly raised issues about atrocities on Muslims anyplace on this planet particularly so-called Muslim bashing in India, however Pakistan itself is actively concerned within the repression of Uyghur Muslims within the Xinjiang area of China. Pakistan by no means leaves any likelihood to denounce different nations for the so-called atrocities on Muslims in these nations however right here the nation itself has joined China within the exploitation of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
By remaining silent on the violations of the human rights of Uyghur Muslims, Pakistan has up to now assisted China clearly due to the massive investments China has finished in Pakistan for constructing the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. A Canada-based assume tank International Forum for Rights and Security (IFFRAS) has reported that China’s financial rise and presence in Pakistan has given Beijing an unprecedented scope to take off ‘Transnational Repression’ which additionally contains violation of human rights and persecution of Uyghur minorities within the Xinjiang space. Pakistan is now included within the black record of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region(XAR). China has included Pakistan within the record together with 25 different nations.
What does this blacklisting imply?
According to the assume tank, anybody who’s from or has visited or has household ties or communications in these blacklisted nations is not going to be trusted and can stay beneath the radar of XAR authorities. It have to be famous that there was trans-border commerce between Pakistan and Xinjiang area through the Karakoram freeway and Pakistani nationals and Uyghurs have cast marriages. So deporting of Uyghur spouses of Pakistani nationals has grow to be a routine follow. Further, any Uyghur who occurs to go to Pakistan and are available again, or is even suspected to be a terrorist shall be neutralized. Such incidences have occurred in the previous few years.
One such incident occurred with Sikandar Hayat and Ghulam Durrani whose wives had been Uyghurs. They needed to separate from their wives who had been detained in XAR by the Chinese authorities whereas they had been visiting there. Hayat’s son too went to XAR to help his mom however couldn’t meet his father for 2 years. Durrani’s spouse has not returned from detention since 2017.
Pakistan has been insensitively concerned within the repression of Uyghurs by China. So a lot in order that in one other heinous incident, the Pakistani forces deported 14 Uyghur Islamic college students whom China suspected of being terrorists. When handed over to the Chinese authorities on the border, Chinese authorities mercilessly killed these college students.
Pakistan is following this follow for a few years. The frequency has elevated within the latest previous. Earlier when there was unrest in Urumchi, many Uyghurs tried to China through Pakistan to Turkey. Pakistan caught them halfway and deported them. They had been roughly 60 Uyghurs. This incident occurred in 2014.
Even earlier than that in 2010, 5 harmless Uyghurs had been deported to China from Balochistan. However, these Uyghurs had no reference to any terror teams.