A photo of바카라 웹사이트cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, the chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), 'depicted' as the Hindu god Lord Shiva has reportedly gone viral on social media, triggering outrage among the Hindu community in Pakistan.
The photo was posted on a Facebook page by바카라 웹사이트PML-N supporter바카라 웹사이트on April 8, reports바카라 웹사이트. The page, titled 'We Love Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif and PML(N)', is supposedly meant for the supporters of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and his party PML-N.
Slamming the post, several users in Pakistan took to Twitter to express their disapproval of the picture, demanding action against the Facebook page that posted the photograph.
One such user, Kaidar Nath tweeted the photograph and said, "If we are바카라 웹사이트equal바카라 웹사이트citizen in바카라 웹사이트pakistan바카라 웹사이트so what is바카라 웹사이트this ?바카라 웹사이트 This is not in바카라 웹사이트islam바카라 웹사이트that. We want to take action against this. We are Pakistanis but바카라 웹사이트first바카라 웹사이트we are바카라 웹사이트hindu. I requested to @AsimBajwaISPR @MaryamNSharif바카라 웹사이트 바카라 웹사이트@ImranKhanPTI바카라 웹사이트 to take action ageist this facebook page."
Another user, Ali Rashad commented, "Let us all condemn this cheap act by the PMLN cyber wing. They have hurt the sentiments of Hindu Pakistanis, who have equal rights and stake in this great country."
BBC report added that after the morphed picture went viral, Khan's PTI party바카라 웹사이트had바카라 웹사이트 accused바카라 웹사이트the supporters of rival Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) of circulating the offensive photograph on social media sites.
The picture has not only drawn protests바카라 웹사이트from the minority Hindus in the Muslim majority nation but the Pakistan Parliament also witnessed uproar over the issue.
Following바카라 웹사이트the social media outrage over the photograph, Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq바카라 웹사이트on Thursday바카라 웹사이트asked the interior ministry to crack down on any individual or groups involved in posting blasphemous material about the Hindu religion.
"Such posts have deeply hurt the religious sentiments of more than four million Hindus living in Pakistan. Such바카라 웹사이트offences바카라 웹사이트were covered by cyber laws and should not remain unpunished," Pakistan parliament speaker was quoted as saying.
The parliament had also demanded a legal action against the perpetrators for posting blasphemous content, he asked the speaker to order an inquiry into the matter.
Another parliamentarian Lal Chand Malhi said there was evidence of a malicious online campaign targeting the minority community and desecrating images that were revered by millions of Pakistani Hindus.
In response to the complaints, Speaker Sadiq directed Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry to complete the inquiry바카라 웹사이트within seven days.
He also directed the state minister to lodge a case against the culprits with the Federal Investigation Agency.
Lal said he along with Malhi prepared a complaint letter which will be handed over to Chaudhry.
He said that the social media campaign against the Hindu community had been going on for two weeks.
Earlier in the house, PTI vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said his party fully supported the Hindu community.
He alleged that such content was being generated by the social media wing of a political party.
Commenting on the PTI allegation, Chaudhry said the government strongly condemned all such acts.
He said the internet was full of blasphemous content that was used not only to hurt the feelings of the Hindu community but also to insult Muslims.
Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had in the past also taken up the issue of blasphemous content on Facebook and even asked the social networking websites바카라 웹사이트to바카라 웹사이트not allow such offensive posts.
Tallal Chaudhry assured the house that his ministry would investigate the online attacks on the Hindu faith and seek out the culprits.
(With PTI Inputs)
