New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- In yet another blow to the dwindling numbers of minorities in Pakistan, former diplomat K P Fabian has slammed the purported remarks made in this context by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, urging Islamabad to provide equal opportunities to all of its citizens.

Fabian's remarks come after media reports emerged that Zardari, in his speech at an Independence Day event in Islamabad on August 14, claimed that the country had a mindset that "tolerates" and claimed that the minority Hindu population of Pakistan, which he said forms 4 per cent of the country, would "rather be with us (Pakistan) than with them (India)".

Pakistan has had a track record of sustained attacks on the freedoms of minority communities in the ...