Pakistan lawmaker apologises for tweet hurting Hindu sentiments

Pakistan’s televangelist-turned-politician Aamir Liaquat Husain was compelled to apologise for his disrespectful act of utilizing the picture of a Hindu deity to mock Maryam Nawaz, the opposition chief in Pakistan.
According to the reviews, Aamir Liaquat Hussain, a member of the National Assembly from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) occasion, stoked an issue after his gorgeous show of bigotry. He tweeted a picture of a Hindu deity to focus on Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Tweet by Aamir Liaquat Husain
The derogatory tweet focusing on Hindus got here as a response to an earlier assertion made by Maryam, who had warned the Pakistan authorities towards ‘seeing a different Maryam’ in the event that they tried to steal the vote in a by-election. In an try to take a dig at Maryam Nawaz, Hussain posted the picture on Twitter likening it to Maryam’s completely different model.
Following his tweet, he confronted flak from the Hindu neighborhood, civil society, and different Pakistan politicians.
Hindu leaders, Pakistani politicians condemn Aamir Husain for his anti-Hindu tweet
Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, the chief of the Pakistan Hindu Council and in addition PTI’s consultant from Tharparkar in Sindh province, criticised Hussain’s tweet as a “shameful act”.
“Strongly condemned this shameful act by someone who claims to be a religious scholar also but doesn’t know respect to other religions. Delete this tweet immediately otherwise we reserve right to demand strict action under the Blasphemy Act and protest across the country,” he wrote on Twitter.
Strongly condemned this shameful act by somebody who claims to be a spiritual scholar additionally however doesn’t know respect to different religions. Delete this tweet instantly in any other case we reserve proper to demand strict motion below the Blasphemy Act and protest throughout the nation. https://t.co/yWgK8W19DM— Dr. Ramesh Vankwani (@RVankwani) February 24, 2021
He stated the TV host’s submit had not solely damage the emotions of Hindus throughout the nation but in addition created resentment amongst supporters of the ruling occasion who admired occasion chief and Prime Minister Imran Khan and believed within the occasion’s manifesto relating to defending the rights of non secular minorities, which is frankly, a joke in itself.
Lal Malhi, one other occasion chief from the Hindu neighborhood and PTI MNA from Umerkot, additionally criticised Hussain and requested Prime Minister Khan to take discover of his illogical act. He added that the tweet, in reality, uncovered Husain’s “second version”.
Strongly condemn the blasphemous act of @AamirLiaquat and enchantment @ImranKhanPTI to take discover of this immoral act. No faith together with Islam permits him to do such illogical acts. This act exposes #دوسراروپ of amir liaquat . pic.twitter.com/1MM4XarPfx— LAL MALHI (@LALMALHI) February 24, 2021
“Strongly condemn the blasphemous act of @AamirLiaquat and appeal @ImranKhanPTI to take notice of this immoral act. No religion, including Islam, permits him to do such illogical acts,” he stated.
According to a report from Pakistan’s Dawn, PTI MNA and Hindu chief Jai Parkash criticised the guy lawmaker and requested him to apologise for his shameful act.
PPP MPA from Tharparkar Surendar Valasai alleged that PTI lawmakers like Husain had “lost their mental balance” and have been utilizing insulting language towards “weaker” communities. He demanded an unconditional apology and warned of protests if Husain did not apologise.
“We the lawmakers must try to respect the sentiments of people before tweeting or issuing statements as far as the religiosity of the people is concerned,” he said.
Hindu Rights activist Kapil Dev additionally attacked Husain on Twitter and requested Prime Minister Imran Khan to behave towards PTI lawmaker. “Hindus are abused and their religious sentiments are hurt even by those sitting in the parliaments,” he stated.
Aamir Husain deletes the tweet, apologises to Hindus
Following the backlash, PTI chief Hussain later deleted his tweet and tweeted an apology to the Hindu neighborhood.
ہندو کمیونٹی کے جذبات مجروح ہوئے معافی کا خواست گار ہوں مقصد ہر گز ایسا نہیں تھا, ٹوئٹ ہٹا دیا ہے, میں تمام مذاہب کی عزت کرتا ہوں یہی میرے دین کی تعلیمات ہیں , ایک بار پھر معذدت— Aamir Liaquat Husain (@AamirLiaquat) February 24, 2021
“I know the sentiments of the Hindu community were hurt. I respect all faiths, this is what my religion has taught me,” he added.