Pak abolishes Religious Minorities ministry

July 01, 2011 15:13

Pakistan has abolished the Ministry for Religious Minorities.

Akram Gill, Minister of State for Religious Minorities, confirmed this to Catholic Fides in what was the last day of his term.

The Federal Ministry for religious minorities was created in 2008 by the newly-elected government led by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and the department had been entrusted to the Catholic Shabhaz Bhatti, killed in an attack on March 2, 2011.

The abolition is part of a general plan of decentralization, already approved by the Parliament of Pakistan, known as "18th amendment" to the governmental structure.

The government has abolished seven federal ministries, transferring their powers to the regions, for the following sectors: religious minorities, food and agriculture, health, environment, labour, women's development and sports.

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