Tag: Hindu community
Struggling for hope: The unseen misery of Quetta’s Shanti Nagar
The Hindu residents of Quetta's historic Shanti Nagar face extreme hardships; poverty, discrimination and inadequate housing, to list a few.
Rights Watch | 3rd October 2022
Hindu woman's cremated remains desecrated
The remains of a Hindu woman’s burnt body were desecrated in Shamshan Ghat in Balochistan. The incident led to widespread...
Ghotki journalist faces court case over flood reportage
A journalist in Ghotki is facing a court case after reporting on the eviction of Hindu families from a flood relief camp.
Hindu traders still fear for their lives in Balochistan town
The small Hindu community is still living in a state of fear in Wadh town following the murder of a trader 2 months
Hindu traders of Khuzdar forbidden from serving female Muslim customers.
June 9th, 2021; By Asim Ahmed Khan; QUETTA; A series of targeted killings have marred the peaceful lives of Hindu traders in Balochistan pushing them towards migration. Now, Hindu traders in Khuzdar received threatening letters from a local outfit forbidding them from serving female Muslim customers.
Hindu community hails Sindh High Court judgement allowing ‘converted’ Hindu girl to live with...
Jul 13, 2020: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has declared that minors who have 'converted' to Islam can still live with their non-Muslim parents. The SHC’s division bench headed by Justice Abdul Maalik Gaddi announced this landmark verdict in ...
Hindu community stands firm in face of fatwa and petition against temple
Jul 2, 2020: Just a few days after the groundbreaking ceremony of the capital’s first Hindu temple being constructed, a fatwa was issued by Jamia Ashrafia declaring the act ‘un-Islamic and illegal’. The fatwa came from Mufti Ziauddin of Jamia ...