World Sindhi Congress on Wednesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to hold Pakistan government accountable for the violation of human rights of Sindhi people. The Secretary General of World Sindhi Congress, Lakhu Luhana condemned Pakistan over enforced disappearances and persecution of minorities in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

 

 

Speaking at the 43rd session of UNHRC in Geneva, the Secretary General said on March 11 that the enforced disappearances of Sindhi people by Pakistani agencies continue unabated in order to ruthlessly silence every voice in the struggle of Sindhi people for their historical, political, economical and cultural rights.

 

 

Recently, the World Sindhi Congress also held a demonstration in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to raise the issue of the persecution of minorities, especially the Hindus, in Sindh.

 

 

Over 300 people abducted in last 3 yrs and persecution of indigenous Sindhi Hindus continues, reveals Secretary General

 

 

 

Addressing the session, the Secretary General also mentioned that in the last three days itself, four political workers have been abducted. And in last three years more than 300 people have been abducted including renowned political leaders, workers and intellectuals. The persecution of indigenous Sindhi Hindus continues relentlessly including forced conversions and marriages of hundreds of Sindhi Hindu girls, mostly minor, attacks on their places of worship and properties and implication in false blasphemy cases, he added.

 

 

Highlighting prevalent issues of the Sindhi people, the Secretary General called upon the UNHRC to take action to protect the human rights of Sindhi people and hold the Pakistan government accountable for the violation of their rights. He also disclosed the last tragic case of a 15-year-old girl, Mehak Kumari who despite her repeated statements to the court to go with her parents, has been sent to a so-called protection house, a prison.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stressing on how all the systems in Pakistan including judicial system have provided no remedy and the perpetrators continue with impunity, the Secretary General requested the council to take action to protect the human rights of Sindhi people and hold the Pakistan government accountable.

 

 

Mehak Kumari was recently forcibly converted and married to a Muslim man in Pakistan's Sindh province.

 

 

The abduction and forceful conversion of Hindu and Christian girls are widespread in Pakistan. Such incidents have sparked widespread criticism as many victim families are forced to migrate in foreign countries, including India. While Pakistan shamelessly continues to conduct its atrocities and inhumane acts refusing to accept flaws in its judicial system and administration, the UNHRC must intervene for the sake of basic rights of innocent people and their community, the Sindhi Hindus of Pakistan.