SMC No. 1/2014 etc (iv) 7. 11 vacancies reserved for Minorities for which qualified candidates are not available. These vacancies shall be treated as unreserved and filled on merit.” Learned Additional Advocate General, KPK, also admits that in the KPK Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1989, Rule 10 specifically provides reservation of 5% quota for minorities in all provincial services. Learned Additional Advocate General Balochistan has made a similar statement with regard to the reservation of special quota for minorities in provincial service. 8. We find that the incidents of desecration of places of worship of minorities could be warded off if the authorities concerned had taken preventive measures at the appropriate time. The Court also found that the inaction on the part of law enforcement agencies was on account of the lack of proper understanding of the relevant law. For instance, the Court was surprised when the learned Additional Advocate General, Sindh, on Court query submitted that the desecration of places of worship of minorities was not blasphemous and not an offence under the Pakistan Penal Code. When he was confronted with Section 295 PPC he had nothing to say but to concede that desecration of places of worship of even a non-Muslim is an offence under the PPC. 9. There is a general lack of awareness about minority rights among the people and those entrusted with enforcement of law are also not fully sensitized to this issue either. It needs to be reiterated that under the Constitution minorities have a special status. This Constitutional status has a historical background. It would be counter intuitive if the right to freedom of religion

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