Hamza Ali Abbasi speaks up against religious intolerance

Hamza Ali Abbasi said every Pakistani is an equal citizen of the country

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Actor Hamza Ali Abbasi on Friday highlighted religious intolerance in Pakistani society and called for an end to what he called hypocrisy.

Taking to Twitter, Hamza said that Pakistan is a Muslim majority nation-state and everyone who had resided in the boundary of Pakistan on August 14, 1947 became an equal citizen of the country.

"Pakistan is not an empire/kingdom. We Muslims didnt CONQUER Pakistan, we are a Muslim Majority Nation State. On 14th August 1947 every 1 who resided in the boundary of PAK BECAME AN EQUAL CITIZEN, [sic]" he wrote on Twitter.