Islamabad, Nov 16 (ANI): Hundreds of protesters marched in Pakistan's Hyderabad city against the murder of three Hindus in Shikarpur on the call of the Joint Action Committee for Peace and Justice.
The protest march began from Besant Hall, a 20th century Theosophical Society icon of Sindh under the slogan of "Fill the Besant Hall against Religious Intolerance," and called for justice to the vicitim's families, the Daily Times reports.
Prominent participants included Punhal Sariyo of Sindh Harri Porhiyat Council, Zulfiqar Shah of Institute for Social Movements, Rasool Bux Palejo of Awami Tehreek, Amar Sindhu of Women Action Forum, Mustafa Baloch of Strengthening Participatory Organisation, Dr Ashothama of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and others.
declaration was read out and was unanimously carried by participants. The resolution is as under:
Sindh contains a peculiar status among the federating units of Pakistan due to its historic non-violent, mystic, brotherhood and democratic outlook. This peculiarity of Sindh which is known as Sindhyat (Sindhihood) in the indigenous inhabitants has been under attack socially and politically by the non-democratic elements. These warmonger elements have patronised and aired the lawlessness, fiefdom and tribalism in the northern parts of the province.
One of the most brutal attempts to destabilise Sindh through the feudal-mullha nexus was to create an environment of fear and harassment that compels the Hindu community towards exodus, the community that forms the larger part of the middle class as well as business fraternity of the Sindh society.
The conscious people of Sindh are of the firm opinion that the Chak, Shikarpur carnage in which three innocent Hindus were brutally murdered is part of such an attempt, which has caused exodus of Sindh people on gun-point. This is an attack on the secular Sindhihood of the people of Sindh.
The conscious people of Sindh believe in the unity among the diversity of the religions and condemns this coward attempt and term it as an attack on the social and national unity as well as heterogeneous culture of Sindhi people.
The protesters presented following demands on behalf of people of India.
1. Nominated culprits of the Chak carnage be arrested immediately.
2. An investigation be carried out for the identification of planners and supporter-individuals, religious as well as political organisations and involved tribal leadership in order to bring justice to families of the victims.
3. The security of the honour, lives and properties of the minorities should be ensured by the State as guaranteed in the constitution of Pakistan.
4. An FIR by the state itself should be lodged with the consultation as well as satisfaction of the grieved families.
5. only the real culprits of the Chak carnage should be arrested. The detention of the innocents should absolutely be avoided.
6. The police, administration and elected representives must be made accountable for any attempt or act of damages to the lives and properties of the minorities.
7. The heinous crime of forced conversions through forced marriages in Madersah's Sindh should be stopped immediately and a necessary legislation should be made in this regards.
8. The forced and illegal snorting of funds from minorities should be stopped
9. The kidnapping of Hindus should be checked by ensuring security to the communities.
10. The tribal chiefs and feudal lords should be treated with equity in the eyes of law if they support criminal elements in harassing the minorities.
11. A judicial inquiry should be conducted against the Pano Aqil and Chak carnages.
12. An environment of freedom of entertaining the religious ceremonies and traditions should be ensured to the Hindus as well as other minorities by providing appropriate security to the religious pilgrimages and other sacred places.
13. All discriminating articles and clauses of the Constitution of Pakistan should be repealed. (ANI)
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