HRCP Slams Discriminatory Ban on Ismaili Butchers in Chitral, Warns of Threat to Pluralism

HRCP Slams Discriminatory Ban on Ismaili Butchers in Chitral, Warns of Threat to Pluralism

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced serious concern over what it describes as sectarian discrimination in Chitral, following a decision by the local administration in Garam Chashma to prohibit Ismaili butchers from supplying meat in the area. In a strongly worded statement issued on Thursday, the HRCP condemned the move as a violation of the constitutional principle of equal economic opportunity for all citizens, regardless…