The community says they live in destitute-like condition in various parts of Pakistan and are not even treated well
Pakistan, who has been one of the biggest critics of the Myanmar government after thousands of Rohingya Muslims had to flee that country, were left red-faced after reports on the way Rohingya Muslims were treated in Pakistan were circulated this week.
Pakistan had lodged an official protest with Myanmar's government over its treatment of the ethnic minority. However, Rohingyas living in Pakistan find it hypocritical as they say they face discrimination and are forced to live in destitute-like conditions, Deutsche Welle website reported.
"I am a Rohingya, but a Pakistani Rohingya. I speak Bengali and that is why most people call us Bengali in our area. They don't accept us as Pakistanis," DW quoted Mufiz Ur Rehman, a Rohingya based in Karachi's Arakan Abad area, as saying.
Arakan Abad is named after Myanmar's Arakan state, also known as Rakhine.
The Myanmar government launched military operations in Rakhine state against Rohingya rebels in late August when around 100 armed Muslim insurgents attacked security guards in the border region, causing massive exodus of minority Muslims into neighbouring Bangladesh.
Over 400,000 Rohingyas have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh following the start of the latest conflict on August 25
The Rohingya are an ethnic minority in Myanmar and are not officially recognised by the government as citizens and for decades Myanmar's Buddhist majority has been accused of subjecting them to discrimination and violence.
Apart from Myanmar and Bangladesh, the Rohingya community are settled in India, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, and also Saudi Arabia.
After returning from Bangladesh, CNN reported UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi saying, “Rohingya refugees who have sought shelter in neighbouring Bangladesh are in desperate need of help. They have absolutely nothing, evidently they had to flee from a very urgent situation, from very sudden violence, so they need everything.”
Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi has said the term Rohingya is ‘highly charged’ and hence she decided to call them Muslims. She added that she did not see any point to use terms which can inflame passions further.
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