Although a cold wave has hit the country, the temperature is rising considerably in Islamabad due to political activities. The ruling coalition and opposition parties have also set up camp in Islamabad. Meetings are being held day and night to deliberate on the 27th Constitutional Amendment and this amendment will be easily passed because the government has the required number of votes. Many people do not want to miss this opportunity to get their demands accepted, as the MQM has approached the government to pass the bill regarding the local government system in Karachi. 
Similarly, the ANP is providing conditional support for changing the name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The driving force behind presenting this bill is minority member of the Senate, Khalil Tahir Sindhu, but he did not demand any amendment regarding the rights of minorities in this constitutional amendment. However, a few days ago, a speech of his went viral in which he said that if a Muslim can become mayor in New York, then a Hindu, Sikh or Christian should also be made mayor in Karachi, Lahore or Peshawar. 
Instead of going to America, they should look at their neighbor India, where 3 Muslims, Dr. Zakir Hussain, Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and Dr. Abul Kalam Azad, have been the President of the country because the Constitution of India is secular and Article 58 of the Constitution gives its citizens the right to be elected to these positions equally without discrimination on the basis of color, race, religion, etc.Similarly, Article 3, Clause 1 of the US Constitution clearly states that no religion shall be required for any public office or position of trust, while Article 41(2) of the Constitution of Pakistan strictly prohibits a non-Muslim from holding any key position.Respected Senator, you are well aware that the desire you have expressed requires a constitutional amendment, for which you have not made any effort. If you are sincere to your cause and your nation, you should have included this point in this constitutional amendment because this is the legal procedure As a lawyer, you understand better that the system is not going to change just by your speech. 
This is just like before the Punjab Local Government Act 2025, Christian MPAs used to make fiery speeches in the Punjab Assembly sessions that the selection system should be abolished and minorities should be given the right to elect their representatives with their votes, but when this act was introduced and minorities were deprived of this right, no objection was raised by them no objection was raised from the side, but they silently voted in favor of this bill. You are also repeating the same thing. 
You are the driving force behind the 27th Constitutional Amendment. If you have influence in your party, get Article 41(2) of the Constitution amended to make minorities eligible for all key positions.I think the phase of the 27th Constitutional Amendment has passed, the 28th Constitutional Amendment is also standing on the doorstep of the House. Get it included in this upcoming amendment, your name will be written in golden letters in Pakistani history. 
Since the 1973 Constitution was approved, 25 successive governments have amended it according to their needs. The current coalition government also approved the 26th Constitutional Amendment recently.The 27th Constitutional Amendment is also close to being passed. There are indications that the 28th Amendment may also be passed in the coming days because the government has the required two-thirds majority required for a constitutional amendment. 
Since 2002, minorities have been demanding the right to elect their own representatives through their own votes. For the past several years, nationalist organizations have been protesting on the streets and now this voice is echoing in government chambers as well. 
Earlier, when the Supreme Court was approached in this regard, the Supreme Court also asked to approach Parliament in its 
Now that this series of amendments is underway, political parties should also keep in mind this long-standing issue of minorities 
It is not necessary for only minority representatives to raise their voices for this right of minorities. The majority representatives sitting in parliament have also succeeded by winning the decisive votes of minorities from their constituencies, therefore it is their duty to represent the rights of minorities.In fact, this problem has to be solved with their help because minority representatives are not included in the committees formed for electoral reforms and constitutional amendments. 
In 2014, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League formed a committee under the chairmanship of the Finance Minister to propose amendments to the electoral laws to finalize the electoral reform bill, the committee held 118 meetings, of which 25 were parliamentary committee meetings and 93 were subcommittee meetings headed by Law Minister Zahid Hamid In these meetings, 631 different proposals received from the opposition parties in Parliament were considered. Since these committees did not include representatives of minorities, no proposal regarding the prevailing method of selection for minorities could be considered. 
Similarly, the electoral reforms introduced in 2017 did not include minority representation. The law improves voter registration, electoral dispute resolution, political finance, and the inclusion of women and people with disabilities in the electoral process, but these reforms also do nothing to ensure effective representation of minorities. 
No matter how many constitutional amendments and electoral reforms are made in Pakistan, unless biased democratic attitudes change, minorities will not benefit from these amendments. 
 
It is also important that unelected minority representatives who are undemocratically represented in democratic houses should step out of the race of personal interest and raise the slogan of nationalism and play their role for the effective representation of minorities.