{"id":1063,"date":"2025-05-15T05:44:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T05:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambedkarsociety.org\/assa\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2025-06-02T05:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T05:52:28","slug":"pakistan-faith-based-violence-insecurity-lead-to-hindu-migration-in-sindh-hrcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambedkarsociety.org\/assa\/pakistan-faith-based-violence-insecurity-lead-to-hindu-migration-in-sindh-hrcp\/","title":{"rendered":"PAKISTAN: Faith-based violence, insecurity lead to Hindu migration in Sindh: HRCP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday launched a fact-finding study that found that deteriorating law and order, insecurity as a religious minority, faith-based violence, economic struggles and worsening climate conditions have compelled many Hindu families in Sindh to migrate abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authored by senior journalist Zia-ur-Rehman, the study, \u2018Exodus: Is the Hindu Community Leaving Sindh?\u2019 was launched at the HRCP office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the launch, HRCP chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt said that they had been hearing that many Hindu families were leaving Sindh, which has the biggest population of Hindus in the country. \u201cBut the case needed to be proved through fact-finding,\u201d he said, adding that if you look at the migration of the Hindu community, it started way back in 1947.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow migration also takes place internally within the province, from city to city, for earning prospects,\u201d he said. \u201cThen some also go abroad for higher education,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe heard last year that as many as 300 people left Kashmore to go to India. But this was under-reported. There were more people than the number quoted. And this number increases whenever there is tension between Pakistan and India. Many left here at the time of the demolition of Babri Mosque in Ayodhya. The same happened during the construction and inauguration of the Ram temple in its place,\u201d Mr Butt pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose among the Hindu community who migrated to India already have some family there. The well-to-do Hindus enjoy facilities in India. But the poor live in refugee camps,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minority rights activist Pushpa Kumari said that migration of Hindus needs to be looked at seriously. \u201cThere are so many causes behind it, including forced conversion, kidnapping for ransom, backlash related to India, intolerance, fear and vulnerability, etc,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior journalist Sohail Sangi said that many people migrate but they do it out of choice. \u201cHindus, on the other hand, are forced to leave,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said that migration also is the result of wrong decisions made by the federal government. \u201cWe have turned into an intolerable society, which makes the minorities in our country feel unsafe and vulnerable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe law and order situation is also not helping. The people have no confidence in law enforcement agencies. This can change through interaction with communities to give them confidence, by creating a safe environment for them. The government organisations also need to be sensitised and made aware about the needs of the minority communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) on Human Rights Rajvir Singh Sodha reminded that all the big educational institutions and health facilities in the province, especially upper Sindh were built by non-Muslims, mostly Christians and Parsis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said that the Hindu families who left this side around Partition, now have their third generation who have been told about Sindh by their elders. \u201cThey say that their grandparents cry when they speak about the cities they had to leave. And the third generation speaks Sindhi at home even though they have not lived in Sindh. It is the language which was passed down to them by their elders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Sodha also lamented the luring of young, innocent, and impressionable girls by Muslim men who say that \u201cthey are doing a service to Islam\u201d. \u201cIf you are truly serving Islam then why don\u2019t you convert older Hindus, why innocent girls?\u201d He asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said that children of non-Muslim minorities should be given religious education in schools. \u201cIf not in schools, then we should arrange for religious instruction classes in our temples. They also need to be educated about their religion just like all the schools here teach Islamiat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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