PM quotes Khushwant Singh's 'prophetic words' on India's racist ideology.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday shared on social media the 'prophetic words' of renowned Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh "who foresaw where India was headed with its racial supremacist ideology".

The prime minister took to Twitter to share the excerpts from the book 'The End of India' written by Khushwant Singh in 2003, a year after the Gujarat riots, where a number of Muslims were killed.

After the passage of controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill in India this month that aims at marginalization of minorities particularly Muslims, Imran Khan shared the words of Singh, who being an Indian citizen rightly foresaw the lurking threat of racism many years ago.

Khushwant Singh wrote: "Every fascist regime needs communities and groups it can demonize in order to thrive. It starts with one group or two. But it never ends there. A...

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