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| President for probe into torching of houses |
| 2009-08-01 |
| [The News (Pak)] President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed serious concern over the reported torching of houses of some Christians in village Korian in district Toba Tek Singh and sought a report from the provincial government. Spokesperson for the president Farhatullah Babar on Friday said the president took a serious note of the media reports of the incident and asked the provincial government to send him a report about the incident and also to ensure the security of life and property of the villagers. The president also advised the federal government to send Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti to express sympathy with the victims. He said there were laws of the land to deal with complaints and accusations against anyone and no one should be allowed to take the law into his own hands to settle scores. "It is against the spirit of Islam and the norms of a civilised society when laws are taken into one's own hands and members of the minority community are vandalised for real or imagined crimes," he said. The president asked for a thorough investigation into the incident and to bring the culprits to justice in accordance with the law. |
| Posted by:Fred |