jaipur religious minorities in pakistan are equally suffering from extremists just as those from majority community say pakistani writers who are in jaipur attending twoday saarc sufi festival organized by the foundation of saarc writers and literature an apex saarc body the participants have termed the border tension between two biggest partners in saarc india and pakistan unfortunate they expressed that the ongoing tension between the two nations will take away the purpose of saarc which is to promote harmony and cooperation among the member nations they unanimously felt that the tension escalation will dampening ties between the two nations which began with the pakistan pm nawaz sharif attending the swearingin ceremony of indian pm narendra modi in may this year pakistan has 2 minorities including hindus who have been facing persecution at the hands of extremist elements as a result of which there has been an inflow of immigrants into rajasthan the attacks on religious minorities have added to the simmering tension between the two nations viewed delegates from pakistani they said that this narrative have taken centre stage in the pakistan literature this time books on fiction and nonfiction apart from poems are loaded with highlights from the communities who were at the receiving end like shias ahmediyyas and other religious minorities lahorebased poet and writer farheen chaudhary said the shared history and cultural bond between the people of this region is so strong that the temporary change in relations will cease to exist for long in the urban centres they have been living with full rights and dignity poet rana saeed doshi from sargodha in punjab pakistan has explains that how poetry in pakistan reflects the current sociopolitical scenario in the state if in early nineties better governance formed the basis of literature focus shifted on restoring democracy till the mid of last decade and thereafter begins the unending series of violence which has only one victim humanity said doshi the writers agreed that post 911 the incidents of violence against the religious minorities have raised manifold dr talib hussein sail director of iqbal international institute for research and dialogue who carried out several studies on religious minorities especially hindus said the post 911 scenario has changed the social milieu in pakistan the aggression showed by the us and it allies have resulted into a provoked extremism leading to disharmony hussain said that his institute had mapped the vulnerable areas for minorities and is engaging them in an intercultural religion dialogue