Another Hindu temple has been vandalised in the Kario Bhanwar region of Sindh in Imran Khan’s ‘Naya Pakistan’. The temple which is dedicated to Lord Ram was razed down by local Islamists.
The Hindu minority of this region has been a constant victim of attacks from Islamists. There have even been forced conversions of Hindu girls and several cases of sexual assault.
This has been taken cognizance by the Justice For Minorities In Pakistan group, and the country’s own Human rights Commission. A press release by the former said, “I strongly condemn the brutal act of vandalism committed against Shri Ram Mandir in Badin Sindh Pakistan on 10 October. Out of 428, only 20 mandirs are left in Sindh.” In this light, one of the persons who had been responsible for the desecration has been arrested. Local police registered an FIR on the incident and arrested Muhammad Ismail Sheedi, a local, who was named by complainant Ashok Kumar as the person believed to have caused the desecration.
In a similar incident that happened a few months ago, an entire village of Hindus in Bhawalpur had been mindlessly demolished under the watch of Pakistan’s Housing Minister Tariq Basheer Cheema who belongs to the Imran Khan-led government.
Islamabad has been far and wide, a perpetrator of human rights and there have been several continuous attacks on religious minorities. This includes forced conversions, rapes, killings and demolition of the houses of Pakistani Hindus, Sikhs and Christians. Even the Ahmadiyyas and Shias of the Islam community face a similar plight.