Govt announces anti Shia Zaireen policy on Saudi dictation

Govt announces anti Shia Zaireen policy on Saudi dictation which Shia Muslims of Pakistan turned down as discriminatory.

The entire nation witness Pakistan government’s toeing Saudi line despite Saudi monarchy’s awarding the highest King Abdul Aziz Saudi national award to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Govt announces anti Shia Zaireen policy

Pakistan government has announced highly unfair Ziarat (Pilgrimage) policy for pilgrimage of sacred shrines in Iran, Iraq and Syria.

Factually speaking, any Pakistani can go to any country without any additional restriction or requirement. A Pakistani need a legally valid visa on his passport to leave Pakistan for abroad, at will while government of Pakistan has no discriminatory restriction on any Pakistani.

But the government now requires Pakistani citizens to meet their additional requirements to go to pilgrimage of sacred shrines in Iran, Iraq or Syria.

As per requirements, a single Pakistani cannot go to pilgrimage to these countries. The government will authorize some tour operators to form Zaireen groups for pilgrimage. That means nobody else can do so and this condition also remains specific to aforesaid pilgrimage.

Government has put a condition for each of aforesaid pilgrims to have an additional amount of $ 500 during such pilgrimage tour. Financially poor people save their money for such pilgrimage and they travel by road. And their total pilgrimage cost of Iran or Iraq amounts $ 500.

Majority of Zaireen comprises of such financially poor people but government policy, it seems, aims to discourage these pilgrims from pilgrimage.

Government also banned pilgrimage of disabled people although relatives take such disabled people to pilgrimage for spiritual healing.

These are some examples of selective, unfair and discriminatory restrictions or requirements which has triggered instant reaction from Shia pilgrims.

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