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  • Pakistani Hindus protest towards abduction of neighborhood members in Sindh province

    Pakistan’s Hindu neighborhood members together with individuals from different faiths have been staging a protest since September 1 over the kidnapping of some members of the minority neighborhood by bandits in riverine areas in southern Sindh province’s Kashmore, in accordance with a media report on Monday.

    Dr Chand Mahar, the senior vice chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) minority wing in Sindh and one of many people main the protest, stated the demonstration was being staged at Dera More — an space close to the Sindh-Punjab border — since Friday final week, Dawn.com reported.

    Three members of the Hindu neighborhood — recognized as Mukhi Jagdish Kumar, Sagar Kumar and Jaideep Kumar — have been in dacoits’ captivity after they had been just lately intercepted by them, Mahar stated.

    He added {that a} Muslim physician — Munir Naij — had additionally been held captive for the previous 40 days.

    Mukhi was a 72-year-old businessman and Jaideep was 9 years outdated, Mahar stated, including that they had been kidnapped from Kashmore. Sagar was additionally kidnapped from Kashmore metropolis whereas Naij was kidnapped in Guddu round 40 days again, he stated.

    Protests over their abduction, in addition to rising incidents of robberies in Sindh, had been additionally held in a number of different cities within the province on Sunday, with the relations of the victims demanding their early and protected restoration.

    The protesters, together with individuals from all faiths, additionally demanded an operation by the Army and Rangers towards the abductors and bandits.

    “Everyone is asking us to call off the protest but hostages are still in dacoits’ captivity,” he said, adding that people were “fed up with these kidnappings”.

    He said Kashmore Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amjad Sheikh had assured the protesters that the hostages would be recovered soon.

    Mahar estimated that around 40 people had been kidnapped by riverine bandits during the last few months. “Some of them were released after the payment of ransom,” he added.

    “We are taken as simple prey by dacoits so far as the cost of ransom is anxious. Since most of them (members of the Hindu neighborhood) run companies, they’re kidnapped by dacoits,” he stated.

    Dr Lal Chand Ukrani, president of the PPP’s minority wing in Sindh, voiced related sentiments. “We (Hindus) are easy targets,” he stated. “Muslims are also kidnapped but Hindus are an easy target for ransom.”

    He stated he had raised the matter with former chief minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah and had been in talks with him over the difficulty earlier than the tip of his tenure “because the law and order situation in upper Sindh is very bad, especially in Kashmore”.

    On Sunday, caretaker Sindh Home Minister Haris Nawaz informed reporters in Thatta {that a} plan had been finalised for launching an operation towards bandits within the riverine areas of Jacobabad and Shikarpur, and the subsequent part of the operation could be extra result-oriented.

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    Prateek Chakraborty

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    Sep 5, 2023

  • Pakistan’s Hindu neighborhood protest pressured conversions in Sindh

    Several members of Pakistan’s minority Hindu neighborhood held a protest march right here to attract consideration to the menace of pressured conversions and marriages of Hindu women and girls within the nation.

    Karachi,UPDATED: Mar 31, 2023 15:32 IST

    Several members of Pakistan’s minority Hindu neighborhood held a protest in entrance of the Sindh Assembly on Thursday. (Photo: Twitter/Shiva Kachhi)

    By Press Trust of India: Several members of Pakistan’s minority Hindu neighborhood held a protest march right here to attract consideration to the menace of pressured conversions and marriages of Hindu women and girls within the nation.

    The protest outdoors the Karachi Press Club and on the entrance of the Sindh Assembly constructing on Thursday was organised by Pakistan Darawar Ittehad (PDI), a Hindu organisation.

    “We wanted to highlight this big problem facing the Sindhi Hindus, especially in the rural areas where our young girls, some as young as 12 and 13 are abducted in broad daylight, forced to convert to Islam and then married off to older Muslim men,” a member of the PDI stated.

    Also Read | UN consultants categorical concern over pressured marriages, conversion of ladies in Pakistan

    He stated the protest on Thursday had left some affect as many individuals weren’t even conscious of this crime however admitted they have been anticipating an even bigger turnout.

    The protest went off peacefully with numerous policemen standing at a distance from the protesters.

    The protesters carried placards and banners which urged the federal government to move a stalled invoice towards the pressured conversion of Hindu women and girls.

    In latest months there was a surge in such circumstances in inside Sindh with the decrease courts flooded with functions from affected mother and father searching for justice and the return of their daughters, sisters and wives.

    Also Read | Pak’s Sindh govt orders high-level probe as kidnapped Hindu lady stays untraceable

    Unfortunately, no consultant from the provincial authorities got here out to hearken to the pleas of the protesters who dispersed peacefully.

    In 2019, the difficulty of abducting and forcible conversion of Hindu women in varied districts of Sindh province was taken up within the Sindh Assembly.

    A decision was debated and unanimously handed after it was modified over objections of sure lawmakers that it shouldn’t be restricted to solely Hindu women.

    But the invoice, which criminalised forcible spiritual conversions was later rejected within the meeting. An identical invoice was once more proposed, nevertheless it acquired rejected in 2021.

    In January this 12 months, as many as 12 United Nations rights consultants expressed alarm over the rising incidents of kidnapping, pressured conversions and marriages of ladies as younger as 13 in Pakistan.

    Also Read | India urges Pakistan to take instant motion over pressured conversions

    Forced conversion and compelled marriages are prohibited in Islam. According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s report, round 1,000 women are forcibly transformed to Islam yearly.

    Hindus kind the largest minority neighborhood in Pakistan. According to official estimates, 75 lakh Hindus reside within the Muslim-majority nation.

    Muslims account for about 96 per cent of Pakistan’s 207 million inhabitants, Hindus 2.1 per cent and Christians about 1.6 per cent in accordance with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan estimates.

    The majority of Pakistan’s Hindu inhabitants is settled in Sindh province the place they share tradition, traditions and language with their Muslim residents.

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    Raajnandini Mukherjee

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    Mar 31, 2023

  • Botched surgical procedure leaves severed head of new child inside mom’s womb in Pakistan

    Staff in a rural well being centre in Pakistan’s Sindh province severed the top of a new child child and left it contained in the mom’s womb. A medical inquiry board has been setup to hint the culprits and unravel the incident.

    The severed head of a new child child was left contained in the mom’s womb at a rural well being centre in Pakistan’s Sindh. (Representative picture)

    In a case of gross medical negligence, the workers of a rural well being centre (RHC) in Pakistan’s Sindh province severed the top of a new child child and left it contained in the mom’s womb, leaving the 32-year-old Hindu girl in a life-threatening state of affairs.

    The tragic incident prompted the Sindh authorities to type a medical inquiry board to unravel the incident and hint the culprits.

    “The Bheel Hindu woman, who belongs to a far-flung village in Tharparkar district, had first gone to a Rural Health Centre (RHC) in her area but with no female gynaecologist available, the inexperienced staff caused her immense trauma,” stated Professor Raheel Sikander, who heads the gynaecology unit of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) in Jamshoro.

    The RHC workers reduce off the new child child’s head within the mom’s womb and left it inside her in a botched-up surgical procedure carried out on Sunday, he stated.

    When the girl confronted a life-threatening state of affairs, she was rushed to a close-by hospital in Mithi the place there have been no amenities to deal with her. Eventually, her household introduced her to the LUMHS the place the remainder of the physique of the new child was taken out of the mom’s womb, saving her life, he stated.

    Sikandar stated the newborn’s head was entrapped inside and the mom’s uterus had been ruptured they usually needed to open up her stomach surgically and take out the top to avoid wasting her life.

    The horrifying blunder prompted the Director-General of Sindh Health Services, Dr Juman Bahoto, to order separate inquiries into the case.

    He stated the inquiry committee will discover out what occurred, particularly the absence of a gynaecologist and feminine staffers on the RHC in Chachro.

    The inquiry committee may even look into studies that the girl needed to bear the trauma of getting her video taken whereas mendacity on a stretcher.

    “Apparently, some members of the staff took her photos on a mobile phone in the gynaecology ward and shared those pictures with different WhatsApp groups,” Juman added.

  • Drought circumstances in Pakistan might worsen, warns Met dept

    Image Source : AP Drought circumstances in Pakistan might worsen, warns Met dept
    The National Drought Mon­itoring Centre, a part of the Pakistan Mete­orological Department (PMD), has warned that drought-like circumstances at the moment prevailing in elements of Sindh and Balochistan might exacerbate and trigger water stress in cultivated lands attributable to restricted provide of irrigation water for Rabi crops.
    According to an advisory issued by the centre on Thursday, the scenario has emerged attributable to total beneath than common rainfall within the nation from October 2020 to January 2021. “The main thrust was in Balochistan (-73.2 per cent) and Sindh (-70.2 per cent),” it mentioned.
    According to the advisory, a lot of the central and southern districts of Balochistan are experiencing delicate to average drought. These districts embody Chagai, Gwadar, Harnai, Kech, Kharan, Mastung, Nushki, Pishin, Panjgur, Kalat, Quetta and Washuk, the Dawn reported on Saturday.
    “Keeping in view the climatology and current seasonal forecast of PMD for these areas, drought conditions may exacerbate and affect agriculture and livestock. Dry conditions will cause water stress in the cultivated lands/areas of the country due to limited supply of irrigation water for Rabi crops,” the advisory mentioned.

    Most districts within the west to south-west Balochistan are winter rainfall dominant and rainfall quantities lie between 71mm and 231mm, it added.
    In Sindh, drought circumstances are prevailing within the south-eastern elements of the province.
    “Though it’s not an alarming situation, the advisory is for stakeholders related to water management and agriculture. This would help them prepare, plan and take preemptive measures, particularly in disaster-prone areas, in case the situation aggravates,” mentioned Sardar Sarfaraz, representing the Met division.
    Explaining the prevalent drought circumstances, he mentioned Balochistan’s climate sample present­­ed that it obtained 60 to 70 per cent of its annual rainfall in winters, whereas Sindh remained dry from October to May. “Since, the dry spell this winter has led to mild to moderate drought conditions in most parts of Baloch­istan, the situation may go worse as the province normally doesn’t receive good rains in the monsoon season,” he mentioned.
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  • Sindh Govt Halts Release Of Omar Sheikh, 3 Others In Daniel Pearl Murder Case

    Pakistan’s Sindh province authorities has determined to not launch British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides, accused of kidnapping and murdering US journalist Daniel Pearl, in view of a Supreme Court order, in accordance with a media report.

    Tribune newspaper mentioned that the provincial authorities is not going to launch these males in view of the Supreme Court’s September 28 order. The Pakistan People’s Party-led Sindh authorities believes that the apex court docket’s September 28 order within the case remains to be within the subject, the sources instructed the each day.

    A 3-judge apex court docket bench headed by Justice Mushir Alam, which is listening to the attraction by the Sindh authorities and the household of the slain journalist towards the acquittal of Sheikh by the Sindh High Court in April, on September 28 famous that until the subsequent date of listening to, the accused shall not be launched.

    A senior authorities official mentioned the apex court docket order has not been particularly recalled. The SHC in its December 24 order additionally clarified that the accused shouldn’t be launched if there’s a Supreme Court restraining order relating to their detention, he added. The sources mentioned the Sindh authorities will even problem the SHC’s December 24 order within the apex court docket on Monday.

  • US Deeply Concerned As Pakistan Court Orders Release Of Terrorists Who Killed Daniel Pearl

    The United States on Thursday expressed deep concerns over a Pakistan court ordering the release of multiple terrorists responsible for the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. The Sindh High Court on Thursday ordered the release of British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides — Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil– who were earlier convicted and sentenced in the case. They are to walk out of the prison on Saturday as their release orders were received very late. 

    “We are deeply concerned by the reports of the December 24 ruling of Sindh High Court to release multiple terrorists responsible for the murder of Daniel Pearl. We have been assured that the accused have not been released at this time,” the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs of the US State Department tweeted. The US has been mounting pressure on Pakistan for years, demanding justice for Pearl, but to little avail.We understand that this case is ongoing and will be following closely.

    We continue to stand with the Pearl family through this extremely difficult process. We continue to honour Daniel Pearl’s legacy as a courageous journalist,” it added.

    A three-judge apex court bench headed by Justice Mushir Alam is hearing the appeal by the Sindh government and the family of the slain journalist against the acquittal of Sheikh. 

    Pearl, the then 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating a story in 2002 on the links between the country’s powerful spy agency ISI and al-Qaeda.

    Pearl’s murder took place three years after Sheikh, along with Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar and Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, was released by India in 1999 and given safe passage to Afghanistan in exchange for the nearly 150 passengers of hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814.