CAN the state ever turn the dream of communal harmony into reality? A slew of injustices torment Pakistan’s religious communities; acceptance and empathy have run out, and extremism has found space. The latest case of savage vigilantism saw a 46-year-old Ahmadi man lynched by, according to police, TLP supporters who stormed the community’s place of worship in Karachi’s Saddar area. The far-right political outfit, 400 of whose supporters were outside the premises, has denied the allegation. The gory episode has been condemned by the HRCP as a “failure of law and order”. Meanwhile, figures in The Human Rights Observer........

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