As many as 45 incidents of attacks on worship places took place during the period from March 2008 to December 31, 2010 in the tenure of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led coalition government. According to a 'white-paper' released by Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) MNA Marvi Memon here on Tuesday revealed that dozens of innocent people were killed and many others injured during the attacks on the worship places and religious gatherings on various occasions in the country.
Marvi, through a letter addressed to Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza, a copy which was also sent to Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, says "It is your government's responsibility to protect the people of Pakistan in which it has clearly failed." The incidents meant that we are in violation of the following:
(I) Islam's high standards of protecting worship places of Islam and minorities.
(II) Our Constitution's clause on the same in the preamble and elsewhere.
"Kindly ask your relevant ministers to report back to Parliament on the investigation reports for each one of these attacks and brief Parliament what measures have been taken to provide security to religious places and gatherings," Marvi urged the Speaker National Assembly in her letter.