PAT & Christians

Published September 16, 2014

THIS refers to the picture in your issue of Sept 8 of the sit-in of PAT in which a section of the crowd is holding crosses, representing the Christian community.

There is a reason for this as Dr Tahirul Qadri has a reputation for caring for minorities and the downtrodden.

Hence the combination of the two, who want to make a new Pakistan. Moreover, if each individual works for the resolution of the various problems we have, we can change things around.

S. Babar
Karachi

Published in Dawn, September 16th, 2014

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