Former Pakistani cricketer Danish Kaneria has alleged that he faced large discrimination in Pakistan and his career was destroyed.
Kaneria, who’s a Hindu by religion, stated he didn’t get equal values and respect in Pakistan. He had participated within the Congressional Briefing on ‘Plight of minorities in Pakistan’ on Wednesday (March 12, 2025).
Speaking to ANI, on the sidelines of the occasion, Kaneria stated, “Today, we all gathered here and expressed how we all faced discrimination and raised our voices. I also faced discrimination in Pakistan and my career was destroyed. I did not get equal values, respect in Pakistan…
“All the people who came here spoke against discrimination, on how Pakistan treated them. So, the main aim was to spread awareness among everyone, especially US, on how people suffer and the problems that exist in Pakistan and take action against it.”
Kaneria had performed 61 Tests for Pakistan and is simply the second Hindu to function within the Pakistani cricket staff after Anil Dalpat.
Congressman calls for motion
Indian-American U.S. Congressman Shri Thanedar additionally attended the occasion and urged the U.S. to sentence ‘human rights violations’ in Pakistan towards Hindu minorities and demand fast actions towards Pakistan to make sure that these atrocities cease.
Speaking to ANI, Thanedar stated that he’s attending the convention to help the Hindus amid their wrestle towards atrocities in Pakistan. He urged the U.S. State Department to impose sanctions towards Pakistan till these atrocities cease.
Meanwhile, former journalist for the Wall Street Journal, Asra Nomani, recalled how her colleague and pal, Daniel Pearl, who she stated was “kidnapped, beheaded and cut into pieces” in 2002. She stated that minority folks in Pakistan should not allowed the rights and freedoms of equal residents.
“I saw on the streets of Karachi, Pakistan, the tragic impact of the sectarianism that is laying claim to too many minorities. My friend and colleague, Daniel Pearl, was the journalist who was kidnapped and then beheaded and cut into pieces in 2002,” Nomani stated
“In the decades since and until today, we have a crisis in which too many minority people in the nation of Pakistan are not allowed the rights and freedoms of being equal citizens. And so I stood here today to testify to my witness and to my own journalism seeing this injustice that’s happening and that needs to be corrected,” she added.
Published – March 13, 2025 04:45 pm IST
