KARACHI: Certain important decisions to take more stern measures for implementing further the Delhi Pact on minorities were reached at a series of conferences held in Delhi and Karachi during the first fortnight of this month between the Minority Ministers of Pakistan and Bharat, the Chairmen of the Minority Commissions of East Pakistan and West Bengal, and the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and Bharat.

These conferences decided that to prevent the recurrences of communal incidents, special constables should be appointed from am­­ongst influential persons, particularly bel­o­nging to the majority community in the areas where communal incidents take place frequently.

It had also been decided to impose collective fines on the inhabitants of the area where a serious communal disturbance takes place in order to station a punitive police force in that area. In order to provide facilities to the returning migrants in East Pakistan, West Bengal and Assam the respective Govern­ments of the Provinces will try to get the returning migrants re-instated in their old jobs by persuading the employers of industrial labour and other private employers.

Published in Dawn, August 17th, 2025