A Hindu reporter in Pakistan’s State-run news agency has been barred from drinking water in the same glass and sharing utensils with other Muslim staff at the office after his colleagues found out his religion.
Sahib Khan Oad, a senior reporter with Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), has been barred from drinking water from the same glass used by his Muslim colleagues or sharing food utensils, the Express Tribune reported.
Oad, who hails from Dadu district, was initially appointed as a reporter in APP Islamabad and was transferred to Hyderabad and then Karachi in April this year. The discriminatory attitude started soon after Oad’s younger son Raj Kumar visited his office and everyone found out that he was Hindu.
“Actually my name contains the word ‘Khan’ so everyone
in the office initially thought I was Muslim,” the paper quoted
him as saying.