Danyal said Pakistan, with a Muslim population of 97%, has 2,189 churches, 732 temples and 58 gurdwaras.
Federal Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Danyal Chaudhry addressing the media on Friday—APP
Parliamentary Secretary for Information and Radio Danyal Chaudhry on Friday called “selective lectures” targeting Pakistan on minority rights during the GSP+ assessment.
“Pakistan’s GSP+ assessment has once again become a platform for selective lectures on minority rights,” the parliamentary secretary said in a post on X, highlighting religious tolerance and interfaith harmony in the country.
Pakistan’s GSP+ assessment has once again become a platform for selective lectures on minority rights.
Pakistan, with a 97% Muslim population, has 2,189 churches (1 per 1,206 Christians), 732 temples (1 per 5,669 Hindus) and 58 gurdwaras (1 per 159 Sikhs). Britain has a mosque for…— Danyal Chaudhry (@DanyalChaudhary) July 17, 2026
“Pakistan, with a Muslim population of 97%, has 2,189 churches (1 per 1,206 Christians), 732 temples (1 per 5,669 Hindus) and 58 gurdwaras (1 per 159 Sikhs),” he said, contrasting this with Britain, which, he noted, has one mosque for every 2.49 Muslims.
In Pakistan, neither the state nor society discriminated against religious minorities, he added.
The Parliamentary Secretary emphasized that special measures were taken by the federal and provincial governments for the celebration of religious occasions of minorities, alongside the maintenance and protection of their sacred places.
He also questioned the level of tolerance in other nations, pointing to France, which introduced a hijab ban in 2004, a face veil ban in 2011 and an abaya ban in schools in 2023.
Danyal also noted face-covering restrictions in Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
“Yet the EU continues to recycle narratives drawn from agenda-driven NGOs while ignoring Pakistan’s constitutional guarantees, legal reforms and sustained efforts to protect minorities,” he noted.
