Meanwhile the Christian community in Punjab has received, however, bad news: a terrorist criminal court acquitted 70 people in Faisalabad blamed for the massacre in Gojra, a city where, in August 2009, a Christian neighborhood was attacked en masse in consequence of a false accusation of blasphemy.
The delegation assigned to Michael, however , could be just an "alibi" or a "an apparent measure", to show that the Punjab government gives space and respect to religious minorities. In fact, the Prime Minister of Punjab, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, is known for his alliance with radical Islamist groups. And the provincial government, in fact, "is not doing anything to stop the growing radicalism, especially in southern Punjab", according to local sources.
Outlawed organizations such as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) carry out the recruitment of young people for terrorist acts. Five other such dangerous Islamic militant organizations work undisturbed: Sipah-e- Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LEJ), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM), Harkatul Jihadul Islami (HJI), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
The result is that four districts of South Punjab (Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Bahawalpur and Gojranwala) are under strong influence of terrorist groups banned by the state, which also operate in the education of children and young people through a network of madrasas, controlling at least 7,000 of them. According to sources, "there is a strong tendency among young people of South Punjab to join organizations that fight the 'jihad', or holy war, in Pakistan and outside the country: there are at least 10 thousand in the tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. This situation also has its roots in the chronic failure of the education system of Pakistan".
Earlier: napaki.tumblr.com
Twitter handle: @napaki
Read the original article by clicking on the respective post titles
