I'm from Lahore and i just saw that there is a Ranjit Singh statue there.
Why?
Why is there a statue of a tyrant, who tortured muslims during his rule, in the ISLAMIC republic of Pakistan?
And to make it worse, the statue was made and placed there by the Punjab government just last year. It's not even like that it was an ancient statue. They literally made the statue and placed it there.
This is extremely offensive.
Imagine if someone makes a statue of Hitler and places it in front of the Eiffel Tower. It's the same kind of situation here.
Shameful.
What are the Lahoris doing about this?
They should file a petition to get it removed.
And i just saw a tweet where Fawad Chaudhry called Ranjit Singh "Sher-e-Punjab". And i thought he couldn't be any worse.
He was a ruler for the Sikhs not for the muslims.
No Punjabi muslim likes Ranjit Singh.
Also, it's quite funny how Indians are "condemning" this "attack" on the statue but they would do anything to remove the statues of Aurangzeb and the other Mughal rulers from India. Hypocrites.
if this is the main priority and concern of my life then it means that there is no worry about law and order
there is no corruption
women and children are not being abducted raped and killed.
the courts are dispensing justice in timely manner
there is no energy , pollution or unemployment crises
people are healthy and happy
Imams are preaching love respect tolerance and coexistence
education standards are high and our children have promising and bright future
after all that
I question myself. why there are still Budha statues in our Museums? why Sikhs of Canada were allowed to give a statue of a former Punjab ruler in Lahore (why couldn't they be just happy that we Muslims took their monetary donation, why so selfish and greedy to have their leader imposed on us in statue too?)
pity that the legless Khadim is dead, could have used his colorful language to light up the hearts of the faithful. attack and ransack the place and the statue, break the cars of the private citizens and beat up some policemen in the way as well.
once all done and dusted I must ~Tut Tut the Indians for their intolerance and complain about the West stereotyping us.
Or.
why cant just care less? why should my faith, my identity and my livelihood must be threatened by a statue somewhere I might not even visit?