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Pakistan: no job equality

A public university in Pakistan has defied court orders and misled government authorities to avoid giving federally approved jobs to non-Muslims, a Christian politician in the nation’s ruling party said in March.

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Chaudhry Mustaq Gill | photo: WWM

In May 2009 the Federal Government passed a law requiring 5% of jobs to be allocated to religious minorities. The University of Sargodha has hired hundreds of employees since this legislation was implemented in 2010, but continues to use bureaucratic tactics to avoid hiring non-Muslims, according to Chaudhry Mustaq Gill, a Christian political leader in the Pakistan Muslim League.