Status of Minorities: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan
This research article titled "Status of Minorities: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan", is an attempt to understand the status of minorities e.g., economic, political, social and constitutional rights that has been underestimated for decades. Comparative analysis research method has been used to comprehend the rights of minorities and their violations by India and Pakistan. To understand the status of minorities in India and Pakistan the liberalism theory is being used. The data supported my research hypothesis "Violations of Rights of Minorities in Pakistan is the outcome of individual actions whereas in India the violation of minority rights is backed by government machinery" Pakistan's stance on protection of constitutional, socio economic and political rights of minorities from day first is very clear. Rights of minorities have been protected under objective resolution 1949 and then in constitution of 1973. While Indian constitution is a secular one, the majority Hindus are using this secular constitution to exploit rights of the minorities. Off and on the communal violence is been witnessed. Gujrat massacre under the Chief Minister ship of Modi current Prime Minister of India can be termed as state sponsored massacre of Muslims. When Modi took office as PM, the radical Hindus become more hostile towards minorities living in India. On governmental level many unilateral legislations have been made against minorities' religious rituals e.g., Muslim marriage Act of Tripple Talaq. Beside this unlawful Citizenship amendment bill and abrogation of article 370 from Kashmir and Farmers Agricultural Acts without consulting Sikh community led to an uncertainty. The liberalist theory advocates the rights of every individual must be ensured as it is the basic principle of democratic system of government. But it has been observed that serious violations of minority rights at state level in India and individual level in Pakistan.
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Minority, India, Pakistan, Legislation, Violence
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(1) Athar Ali
PhD Scholar, Department of International Relations, National Defence University Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Imran Ashraf
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, National Defence University Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Cite this article
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APA : Ali, A., & Ashraf, M. I. (2018). Status of Minorities: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan. Global International Relations Review, I(I), 35-42. https://doi.org/10.31703/girr.2018(I-I).04
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CHICAGO : Ali, Athar, and Muhammad Imran Ashraf. 2018. "Status of Minorities: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan." Global International Relations Review, I (I): 35-42 doi: 10.31703/girr.2018(I-I).04
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HARVARD : ALI, A. & ASHRAF, M. I. 2018. Status of Minorities: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan. Global International Relations Review, I, 35-42.
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MHRA : Ali, Athar, and Muhammad Imran Ashraf. 2018. "Status of Minorities: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan." Global International Relations Review, I: 35-42
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MLA : Ali, Athar, and Muhammad Imran Ashraf. "Status of Minorities: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan." Global International Relations Review, I.I (2018): 35-42 Print.
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OXFORD : Ali, Athar and Ashraf, Muhammad Imran (2018), "Status of Minorities: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan", Global International Relations Review, I (I), 35-42
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TURABIAN : Ali, Athar, and Muhammad Imran Ashraf. "Status of Minorities: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan." Global International Relations Review I, no. I (2018): 35-42. https://doi.org/10.31703/girr.2018(I-I).04