Hindu refugees from Pakistan face hardships in India, hope for care
1 year, 6 months ago

Hindu refugees from Pakistan face hardships in India, hope for care

Op India  

On Tuesday 16th May 2023, IAS Tina Dabi – District Collector and Magistrate of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan – ordered the demolition of temporary houses of the Hindu refugees from Pakistan who were living near Jaisalmer. Unlike Muslims – the so-called minorities – in India, these Hindus in Pakistan never enjoyed any normal life let alone special rights and privileges. After United India was partitioned on the basis of religious identity, the complete population transfer did not take place and these Hindus stayed back in Pakistan. But over the years, the Hindu community in Pakistan faced so many hardships due to which they were forced to flee to India citing various reasons. Hindu refugees from Pakistan also face different types of discrimination in some places in India.

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India remains host and source of most Hindu migrants; GCC nations, USA emerge as key emigration hubs: Study
4 months ago

India remains host and source of most Hindu migrants; GCC nations, USA emerge as key emigration hubs: Study

New Indian Express  

A study by US-based think tank Pew Research Center has revealed India as the leading source of Hindu migrants, with 7.6 million Hindus born in the country currently living abroad. The study also found that Hindu migrants tend to travel longer distances compared to other groups, averaging 3,100 miles from their country of origin, which is significantly more than the …

Pakistani Hindu refugees in Delhi celebrate after implementation of CAA
9 months, 1 week ago

Pakistani Hindu refugees in Delhi celebrate after implementation of CAA

India Today  

Holi came early for around 1,000 Pakistani Hindu refugees staying in a camp in the Majnu Ka Tila area in Delhi. The reason for this celebration was the hope that the 200 families would become official citizens of India after the notification of the Citizenship Amendment Act. One of the refugees, Dayal Prasad, left Sindh in 2011 and came to …

CAA: Who Will Benefit -- Pak Hindu Refugees in Delhi, Matuas, Rajbanshis in Bengal? What Changes Now?
9 months, 1 week ago

CAA: Who Will Benefit -- Pak Hindu Refugees in Delhi, Matuas, Rajbanshis in Bengal? What Changes Now?

News 18  

After the delay of four years, the government has finally notified the rules under the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, which will be implemented in the entire country. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, at least 30,000 “persecuted” minorities such as Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, Sikhs and Christians from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh could benefit from the CAA. Rajasthan & …

Scapegoating: The Hindu Editorial on Afghan refugees in Pakistan
1 year, 1 month ago

Scapegoating: The Hindu Editorial on Afghan refugees in Pakistan

The Hindu  

The Pakistan government’s order to all undocumented migrants to leave the country by October 31 has thrown the lives of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees in jeopardy. But Pakistan’s Interior Ministry says some 1.7 million people are staying “illegally”, a vast majority of them Afghans. Thousands are now stranded on the Afghan-Pakistan border, while others are in fear of …

Rajasthan: After Jodhpur, homes of Hindu refugees from Pakistan bulldozed in Jaisalmer, women lathi-charged, children left shelterless in scorching heat
1 year, 7 months ago

Rajasthan: After Jodhpur, homes of Hindu refugees from Pakistan bulldozed in Jaisalmer, women lathi-charged, children left shelterless in scorching heat

Op India  

On Tuesday, houses of Hindu families living in the Amar Sagar area in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan were razed to the ground with bulldozers. The videos of the incident were also shared by Swarajya journalist Swati Goel Sharma who said that the poor Dalit Adivasi Hindu refugees from Pakistan were being cruelly treated by the Rajasthan government. Looks like …

No home, no water: How Pakistani Hindu refugees are living in abysmal conditions in harsh summer after their houses got demolished in Jodhpur
1 year, 7 months ago

No home, no water: How Pakistani Hindu refugees are living in abysmal conditions in harsh summer after their houses got demolished in Jodhpur

Op India  

On April 24, Jodhpur Development Authority bulldozed the houses of Pakistani Hindus in Chokha village. While the migrant Hindus helplessly tried to save the roof on their heads, the administration continued the demolition and put their life at risk in the scorching summer heat. 23-year-old Ramchandra Bhil is one of the migrant Hindus who escaped from Pakistan and reached India …

200 homes, mostly belonging to Pakistani Hindu migrants, razed down in Jodhpur, Rajasthan
1 year, 8 months ago

200 homes, mostly belonging to Pakistani Hindu migrants, razed down in Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Op India  

On April 24, hundreds of homes, most belonging to migrant Hindus from Pakistan, were razed down by the Jodhpur Development Authority. A video of the incident has been made to social media in which migrant Hindus can be heard expressing their anguish over the action taken by the authorities. Jodhpur Development Authority & local police has bulldozed an entire colony …

‘Very Much Indian’: 25 Hindu Refugees from Pakistan Living in Rajkot to Cast Vote for First Time in Guj Polls
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Very Much Indian’: 25 Hindu Refugees from Pakistan Living in Rajkot to Cast Vote for First Time in Guj Polls

News 18  

Sunil Dev Maheshwari, a 37-year-old refugee from Pakistan, received a prized possession in August – Indian citizenship. Sunil and 24 other Pakistani Hindu refugees will vote in an Indian election for the first time after being granted citizenship in Rajkot. On August 12, 25 Pakistani Hindu refugees were granted Indian citizenship in Rajkot and it was the happiest moment in …

Around 100 Hindus from Pakistan reach Jodhpur, say don't want to go back
2 years, 2 months ago

Around 100 Hindus from Pakistan reach Jodhpur, say don't want to go back

India Today  

Two batches of Hindus from Pakistan’s Sindh province reached here this week, alleging persecution and discrimination in relief work following flash floods in that country. The migrants, who belong to the Bhil community and came from Sindh’s Tando Allahyar district, expressed willingness to settle in India and said they don’t want to go back. Bhil said the flash floods in …

Women's panel launches study on plight of Hindu women refugees living in Delhi's Majnu ka Tila
2 years, 4 months ago

Women's panel launches study on plight of Hindu women refugees living in Delhi's Majnu ka Tila

India Today  

The Delhi Commission for Women has launched a study into the plight of women and child Hindu refugees who have escaped from Pakistan and have been residing in Majnu Ka Tila, Delhi for the past several years. PLIGHT OF HINDU REFUGEES Secluded within a confined zone in Delhi's Majnu Ka Tila, Hindu refugees continue to live in deplorable conditions where …

‘If we convert to Islam, will you give us houses?’: Pakistani Hindu refugees ask Centre
2 years, 4 months ago

‘If we convert to Islam, will you give us houses?’: Pakistani Hindu refugees ask Centre

Firstpost  

A Pakistani Hindu who migrated to India in 2014 from Karachi and now lives in Jodhpur awaiting Indian citizenship told how 35,000 refugees such as him have been living in deplorable conditions New Delhi: “If the Hindu refugees from Pakistan, who have been languishing across several cities in India, convert to Islam, will Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri provide them …

No electricity, no water: How Hindu refugees from Pakistan are battling death and diseases in Delhi's Adarsh Nagar
3 years, 1 month ago

No electricity, no water: How Hindu refugees from Pakistan are battling death and diseases in Delhi's Adarsh Nagar

Op India  

Squeezed between the heaps of scrap and drains are the kutcha houses where two hundred families of Hindu refugees from Pakistan have been living in extremely adverse conditions in North Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar colony for over eight years now. The recent decision of the Central government to oppose the Delhi high court petition seeking electricity connections for 200 Pakistani Hindu …

Hindu migrants — Persecuted in Pakistan, ignored in India
3 years, 6 months ago

Hindu migrants — Persecuted in Pakistan, ignored in India

The Hindu  

For two decades, Jogdas Maharaj waited in vain for Indian citizenship. Hindu Singh Sodha, president of the Seemant Lok Sangathan, an organisation working for the welfare of migrants, points out that there have been three waves of migration of Hindus to India from Pakistan. While affirming that the government needs to be migrant-friendly, Sodha has sought the grant of citizenship …

DDC Elections: West Pakistan Refugees to Vote for First Time in Local Polls in J&K
4 years ago

DDC Elections: West Pakistan Refugees to Vote for First Time in Local Polls in J&K

News 18  

For 73-year-old Surat Singh, who migrated during the Partition, and several other West Pakistan refugees it will be a dream come true as they will exercise their franchise for the first time in a local poll in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Voting in local polls is now possible as the refugees, who till August 5 last year were “stateless”, …

Pakistan: Hindu homes set on fire to force them to convert to Islam
4 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan: Hindu homes set on fire to force them to convert to Islam

Op India  

Pakistani human rights activist Rahat Austin had recently shared that the homes of Hindus belonging to the highly marginalised and socio-economically backward Bheel and Meghwal community was set on fire in Pakistan. He said that one Dost Muhammad and some others simultaneously set fire to the houses of these poverty-stricken Hindus in Pakistan’s Sumar Puli, Khai, Sanghar and Sindh district. …

Hindus in Pakistan are accepting Islam so that they can survive in the country
4 years, 4 months ago

Hindus in Pakistan are accepting Islam so that they can survive in the country

Op India  

Pakistani Hindus are known to be one the most badly persecuted minority community in the world. There have been regular reports about how young Hindu girls are kidnapped and married off to their abductors in Pakistan. Now a report in the New York Times has shown how the poor Hindus of Pakistan are left with no choice but to accept …

Hundreds of Pakistani Hindus, victims of bonded labour and poor, convert to Islam for jobs: Report
4 years, 4 months ago

Hundreds of Pakistani Hindus, victims of bonded labour and poor, convert to Islam for jobs: Report

India TV News  

Religious persecution and forced conversion continues unabated in Pakistan as dozens of Hindu families were converted to Islam in June in the Badin district of Sindh Province in southern Pakistan, which borders with Gujarat's Kutch at its south. According to a New York Times report, the mass ceremony was the latest in line of growing number of attempts by various …

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