THE “Age of Bastards” in a medieval period resonates in my mind when I see people from different backgrounds misusing the concept of human rights for their illegitimate material benefits just to give shelter to accused persons of heinous offenses by relying on systematic defects of criminal justice system of a country.
Such so-called human rights activists and organizations endeavour to challenge existing just laws of a country as well as rule of law to create unrest in a country by chanting the slogans of “Demanding Rule of Law” that depicts their hypocritical approach just to get attention of global community for gaining funding, awards and other benefits. Such factors are also actively working in Pakistan to make blasphemy laws of the land controversial just to obtain their material benefits, gaining global attention to be so-called champion of human rights, creating unrest in Pakistan and portraying the distorted as well as nonfactual image of Pakistan to global community. Real defenders of human rights are not supported and being deprived of acknowledgment because of occupied space of so-called human rights’ activists with propaganda.
While contesting a constitutional petition of religious pornographic blasphemy in Islamabad High Court titled as Noor Fatima etc. VS. Federation of Pakistan etc. filed by relatives of blasphemers for formation of an Inquiry Commission on more than 300 under trial cases of blasphemy to escape from trial courts for release of accused persons who have been arrested by Federal Investigation Agency with digital evidence in the shape of technical analysis reports of mobile phones, forensic reports of digital devices and DNA of sperms of alleged blasphemers on religious scripts, I witness that online court proceedings are explained in distorted form as well as out of context in different parts of the world on social media by lobbies of these so-called human rights activists who are blasphamers’ protection gang. Even, I was threatened by these so-called human rights activists from multiple parts of the world with massive social media propaganda campaigns within minutes after approaching rostrum to render my professional legal services for the Respondent of the petition who is complainant of the heinous crimes of pornographic religious blasphemy of multiple religions such as Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Hinduism and many more.
Propaganda campaigns around the world were launched against me with severe threats from these so-called human rights activists who enjoy material benefits in the name of human rights’ defenders and rule of law. I was severely threatened by blasphemers’ protection gang on rendering professional legal services for law abiding complainant of blasphemy cases who knocked the door of law and enforcement agencies to take legal action against accused persons despite becoming vigilante. Complaint has been filed in National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency regarding these threats and defamatory posts on 30.05.2025 bearing Diary No. 48551/25.The same hypocritical behaviour and dualistic approach can be traced in American policy regarding international law and human rights. America always calls herself champion of human rights of the world and stresses to resolve Palestinian issue by giving statements about Israel’s obligations to stop killing of innocent Palestinians by fixing the issue in which thousands innocent Palestinian lost their lives because of Israelian terrorism. However, when it comes to practicality, America deviates from her principled stance as she vetoes UN Security Council resolution regarding Gaza ceasefire on 4.06.2025.
Same hypocritical approach is being followed by so-called human rights’ defenders by creating an environment in which offenses under Chapter XV of Pakistan Penal Code 1860 which are called blasphemy laws could be portrayed as anti-human rights laws by making these blasphemy laws controversial to release accused persons of religious pornographic blasphemy so that Pakistan could be pressurized internationally to amend the laws which ensure protection of religious places of all religions, religious believers of all religions, Holy Qur’an, Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and stopping disturbing religious assembly, trespassing on burial places, etc., usage of derogatory remarks, etc., in respect of holy personages, misuse of epithets, descriptions and titles, etc., reserved for certain holy personages or places, and person of Quadiani group, etc., calling himself a Muslim or preaching or propagating his faith. Thus, government must remain vigilant of these so-called human rights vigilante activists and blasphemers’ protection gang for supremacy of law and stability of country by taking stern measures to counter such non-state actors who threaten laws and rule of law under slogan of “rule of law”.
—The writer is a Lahore-based public litigation Advocate of High Court & researcher on human rights and criminal justice system.
(Ch.changezi.sandhu.111@gmail.com)
