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President  Asif Ali Zardari has greeted the Hindu community of Pakistan and India on the occasion of Diwali. “I wish to extend on my behalf, on behalf of the Pakistan Peoples Party and on behalf of the people of Pakistan heartiest greetings to Hindu community on the occasion of Dewali”, he said in a statement on Monday.

The President said that the government believes that the Hindus, indeed all minorities, of Pakistan are equal citizens of the state and must be given equal rights including the right to vote for all candidates along with Muslim voters.

He said that he was happy that as a result of the political struggle the provision in the original 1973 Constitution of joint electorate had already been restored and the religious apartheid foisted on the nation ended.

President Zardari said that the liberal democratic forces in the country have been in the forefront in protecting the rights of minorities in Pakistan in accordance with the teachings of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and that he was proud of it.

He said that on this occasion he also wished to reiterate that the new democratic government believed in the principles enunciated by our father founder Quaid-e-Azam that all citizens irrespective of their religious faith and social status were equal citizens of the state and enjoyed equal rights as enshrined in our Constitution.

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