Persecution of Pakistani Hindus
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Contents On the catalogue of injuries faced by religious minorities in Pakistan ...................................... 3 ‗Pakistan schools teach Hindu hatred‘ ....................................................................................... 7 How to Have Cheaper Insulation for Your Home Windows and Doors (DrPrem) ................... 7 2. 5,000 Hindus flee Pak every year due to persecution‘ ........................................................... 8 Hindus feel ignored in decision-making process ....................................................................... 9 Pakistan: A Hell for Hindus and Religious Shrines - Is Nawaz Sharif Listening? .................. 10 Hindus in Pakistan – A People Without a Voice ..................................................................... 10 1,400 Hindu sites in dire need of govt protection: Pakistan Hindu Council ............................ 12 Hindu council urges PM to prevent atrocities against minorities ............................................ 12 Our hopes were dashed, say Pakistani Hindus ......................................................................... 13 Voices of two minority groups echo at KPC on Thursday ...................................................... 16 Christian couple burned to death over ‗blasphemy‘ ................................................................. 19 Hindu girls subjected to forced conversion: Motumal ............................................................. 20 Ready to pay Jaziya to Bilawal, Raj Kumar reiterates as one more under teen Hindu girl abducted ............................................................................................................................ 22 Forced conversions: Editorial In Dawn, November 7th, 2014 ................................................. 23 ‗Forced conversions causing insecurity among minorities‘ ..................................................... 24 Hindu temple set on fire in Pakistan over blasphemy .............................................................. 25 Arson attack on Hindu temple in Hyderabad triggers protest .................................................. 27 Hindu community of Pakistan moves court for protection of temple. ..................................... 30 Construction of Mosques one after another in India and destruction of Hindu temples in Pakistan one by one! What a tolerance and greatness on Hindus!! Suicidal Hindu race!!! ........................................................................................................................................... 30 Hindu community moves court for protection of temple in Pakistan. ............................... 30 Forced conversions in Pakistan - ―Eeshwar kaun hai, Allah bol Allah!‖................................. 34 Persecution of Hindus in Pakistan, Hindus continue to be targeted with rape, kidnappings, and intimidation in the Muslim nation. ........................................................................................... 34 Burning Hindu Temples in Pakistan ........................................................................................ 34 ‗5,000 Hindus flee Pak every year due to persecution ............................................................. 35 ‗Pakistan schools teach Hindu hatred‘ ..................................................................................... 35 Hindu Today, Muslim Tomorrow ............................................................................................ 37 Forced conversions in Pakistan: ―Eeshwar kaun hai, Allah bol Allah!‖ .................................. 40 Hindu girls subjected to forced conversion: Motumal ............................................................. 42 Ready to pay Jaziya to Bilawal, Raj Kumar reiterates as one more under teen Hindu girl abducted ................................................................................................................................... 43 Arsonists blamed for Hindu temple burning in Hyderabad ..................................................... 44 Performance Appraisals – the concept long ignored by employees (DrPrem) ........................ 44 4. 5,000 Hindus flee Pak every year due to persecution‘ ......................................................... 45 Hindu temple in Hyderabad broken into, set on fire ................................................................ 46 Tips to Protect Your Garden Plants in Frosty Winters (DrPrem) ............................................ 46 Meghwar family flees to Karachi after girl‘s ‗conversion‘ ...................................................... 47 Dozens of Pakistani Hindus seek asylum in India: report ........................................................ 48 Discrimination against Hindus in Sindh ................................................................................... 49 Hindu temple desecration ......................................................................................................... 50 Forced conversions torment Pakistan's Hindus ........................................................................ 51 Hindus in Pakistan live in fear as girls from minority community forced to marry Muslim men amid official apathy. ................................................................................................... 51 'Leave your faith or leave your country' ................................................................................... 53 I love Pakistan, but I can‘t live here ......................................................................................... 54 Forced conversions : Family claims Rakhi brother kidnapped Pooja (Sanghar) ..................... 56 Influx from Pakistan could pose hard challenges for governments on both sides ............. 57 At least 25 Hindu Girls Abducted Every Month in the Islamic State of Pakistan ................... 58 Protest in Sindh against the killing of Hindu Leader ............................................................... 60 Yet another case of abduction of Hindu Girls in Sindh ........................................................... 60 Plight of Hindus : The beleaguered minority community of Sindh, Pakistan .......................... 60 Pakistan: two minor Hindu girls married to elderly Muslim men at gunpoint ........................ 62 37 Hindus convert to Islam in Matli ......................................................................................... 65 Fleeing Pak Hindus narrate horrifying tales ............................................................................. 66 Hindus no more safe at home ................................................................................................... 68 Kafirs there, Pakistanis here ..................................................................................................... 71 Hindus Are Kafirs in Pakistan .................................................................................................. 72 Christians and other minorities in Pakistan are bolting away from the predominantly Muslim nation by the ―thousands‖ as Islamabad ignores harassment at the hands of Islamic extremists, reports Asia Times. .............................................................................. 73 The state of Pakistan‘s Hindus ................................................................................................. 75 India's 'people of nowhere' ....................................................................................................... 76 Modern slaves .......................................................................................................................... 87 Veeru Kohli: A bonded labourer who took on the Bhuttos ...................................................... 90 ON THE CATALOGUE OF INJURIES FACED BY RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN PAKISTAN AFTAB ALEXANDER MUGHAL 25 January 2018 Religious minorities have been living in Pakistan for centuries, but still they are not considered equal citizens. They are persecuted by both state and society. Why? Since the birth of Pakistan, religious minorities have been demanding safety and equal rights. Though government officials promise time and again to take necessary measures to protect them, injustices and persecution are ongoing. Just a week ago, five Hazara (ethnic minority) Shia Muslim were killed by extremists. Recently, in two different incidents, two young Christian boys were killed in Punjab province, Pakistan‘s most populous region. Just a week before Christmas, on 17 December, 4 suicide bombers from ISIS attacked a church in Quetta, Baluchistan Province. They killed at least nine Christian men, women, and children, and wounded 56 others. On 9 October, Arslan Masih, who was 14-year-old, was beaten to death by six policemen in Sheikhupura. And, on 27 August, Sharoon, 17, was killed in the classroom by his classmate in Vehari. According to Sharoon‘s mother, her son was killed because of his Christianity. He was warned against drinking from a glass used by Muslim students who called him a ‗choora‘ (a derogatory term which often used for Christians in Pakistan). Pakistan is an Islamic country, which was arrived on the world map on 14 August 1947. When British rulers left the Indian subcontinent, they divided the region into two independent states: India and Pakistan – created as a state for subcontinent Muslims. According to Pakistan‘s constitution, non-Muslims are considered a minority, including Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Ahmadis, Kalash, Zoroastrians, and so on. At the time