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Pakistani Low Cast Hindus: The minority within a minority
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Discrimination is not good whether it is India or Pakistan. Thanks Jana for bringing this article to our light. I don't know much about minorities in Pakistan. But can say a bit about India. If you talk of today the mojority as we call the "general" category is soon becoming minority when it comes to university enterance seats and government jobs. 50 percent college/university and govt. job seats are reserved for dalits/minorities/schedule castes/tribes. Few years ago people said state bihar is backward and non educated but if you see today majority of bureaucrats in New Delhi with central govt. and holding top offices are from bihar. this was just an example. India is not the same what it was two decades ago adn i think same goes for Pakistan.
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Discrimination with lowcaste is more in Pakistan than India.
No relief for Sindh's Untouchables
As the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicts more monsoon rains in the coming days, low caste Hindus in Sindhs flood affected areas face discrimination when it comes to getting relief, says a report released by Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission.
The worst victims of rains and breaches in a monsoon-swollen Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) in Badin district the Pakistani low caste Hindus (Dalits) of the districts were denied to get in to relief camps for being untouchables.
In the last five weeks when monsoon-swollen drains and LBOD burst its banks and led to massive flooding, religious discrimination continued to run deeper than the floodwaters.
Despite torrential rains, majority of these Hindu Dalits in Badin district continue to live in open sky as they were not allowed accommodation in the private/self-built relief camps of Muslims.
What added to the tragedy was the federal governments ban on NGOs and international donors to work in these areas for security reasons. As the government itself initiated relief operation much later, the many religious organisations that started relief operation in Badin have completely ignored these Dalits or Harijan (Children of God).
Chanesar Bheel, a Dalit farmer and resident of Goth Gomando Bheel, Taluka Golarchi [Shaheed Fazil Rahu] is one of around 700 Dalits of his village who have no choice but to live in their submerged village with his nine children.
Our village is between the two drains and during rains both burst and inundated our village from either side, so we rushed to a nearby relief camps set inside a government school. The tenants did not allow us to live inside the camp, so we came here and started living under open sky, Bheel told media.
Bheel said the people living inside the camps had told them that they are outcastes, so they are not allowed to live with Muslims. His village comprises on 80 households with 700 population and all are Dalits.
A civil society activist, Ameer Mandhro sharing his views said, This is not the only village of Dalits in the district that have no roof on their heads but there are countless other Dalit villages including villages on Khoski road, Seerani, Lonwari Shrief and other areas where Dalits are living this way because they are not allowed a place in the relief camps.
Same happened with Pirbhu Kolhi and 50 other residents of his village, who rushed to a relief camp set inside a government school in Tando Bagho, were not allowed to live in the camp after heavy rains.
However, some nice folks allowed them to live inside a camp and allotted one isolated class room to a few Dalit flood victims. As Kolhi said, The isolated class room is away from the main building where only two families are living while the rest of the village is living in open despite continued heavy rains. He said some philanthropists came to provide food in the relief camp, but we are not given the food.
In the emergency situation the role of the minister for minorities affairs Mohan Lal Kohistani seeks attention. The situation remains tough for the PPP-led government, which not only hails from Sindh but always claim to work indiscriminately as well.
No relief for Sindh's Untouchables
As the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicts more monsoon rains in the coming days, low caste Hindus in Sindhs flood affected areas face discrimination when it comes to getting relief, says a report released by Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission.
The worst victims of rains and breaches in a monsoon-swollen Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) in Badin district the Pakistani low caste Hindus (Dalits) of the districts were denied to get in to relief camps for being untouchables.
In the last five weeks when monsoon-swollen drains and LBOD burst its banks and led to massive flooding, religious discrimination continued to run deeper than the floodwaters.
Despite torrential rains, majority of these Hindu Dalits in Badin district continue to live in open sky as they were not allowed accommodation in the private/self-built relief camps of Muslims.
What added to the tragedy was the federal governments ban on NGOs and international donors to work in these areas for security reasons. As the government itself initiated relief operation much later, the many religious organisations that started relief operation in Badin have completely ignored these Dalits or Harijan (Children of God).
Chanesar Bheel, a Dalit farmer and resident of Goth Gomando Bheel, Taluka Golarchi [Shaheed Fazil Rahu] is one of around 700 Dalits of his village who have no choice but to live in their submerged village with his nine children.
Our village is between the two drains and during rains both burst and inundated our village from either side, so we rushed to a nearby relief camps set inside a government school. The tenants did not allow us to live inside the camp, so we came here and started living under open sky, Bheel told media.
Bheel said the people living inside the camps had told them that they are outcastes, so they are not allowed to live with Muslims. His village comprises on 80 households with 700 population and all are Dalits.
A civil society activist, Ameer Mandhro sharing his views said, This is not the only village of Dalits in the district that have no roof on their heads but there are countless other Dalit villages including villages on Khoski road, Seerani, Lonwari Shrief and other areas where Dalits are living this way because they are not allowed a place in the relief camps.
Same happened with Pirbhu Kolhi and 50 other residents of his village, who rushed to a relief camp set inside a government school in Tando Bagho, were not allowed to live in the camp after heavy rains.
However, some nice folks allowed them to live inside a camp and allotted one isolated class room to a few Dalit flood victims. As Kolhi said, The isolated class room is away from the main building where only two families are living while the rest of the village is living in open despite continued heavy rains. He said some philanthropists came to provide food in the relief camp, but we are not given the food.
In the emergency situation the role of the minister for minorities affairs Mohan Lal Kohistani seeks attention. The situation remains tough for the PPP-led government, which not only hails from Sindh but always claim to work indiscriminately as well.
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biased report by AHRC for obvious reasons.
the relief is extended to everyone irrespective of cast and creed there sine Sindh is hit by worst floods as per met office officials in 100 years and relief teams are NOT in a position to discriminate on basis of anything there.
majority of Pakistanis in flood hit areas in Sindh are in the same position and it has nothing to do with religion
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Hindu population was around 24% in 1947. Today it's less than 2%. Many Hindus were forced to leave Pakistan. Many were killed and converted into Islam forcefully. Pathetic and worst condition of Hindus in Pakistan. Worst country in the world for Hindus. 99% Indians never been to Pakistan and don't feel like going there even for a day due to such condition. Pakistan was created as Secular Muslim majority country By Jinnah but they turned into Islamic country in 60's or 70's i suppose. Today, if Jinnah would be alive. I am sure he would have said the same thing. On other side, Muslim Population increased from 9% to 13.5%-14% in 64 years. hardly anyone went to Pakistan. Indeed, Many Muslims came to Kerala and WB/Assam after 47.
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Its Hong Kong based Janaji , not Indian or Western
Dalits are Hindus and can b classified as thus. But please clean your own shut and classify ahmadis as muslims
A Sunni is a Sunni not Muslim just as you say ahmadi is Ahmadi not muslim
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