Pakistan's Minorities Citizens II

[Pakia]

source:Pakistan's CTP - Catholic Television Pakistan

CTP was founded by father Moris Jala and has been quite successful in a country which is 95% muslim.

[PakNorway]

Princess Flavia was one of the air hostesses on the Bhoja Air flight that crashed. She was 27 years old. These are some pics og her funeral. Pictures taken by Sunny Gill.













Her father:







This was her first and last flight as air hostess. On 23rd april, her funeral was held in St. Anthony's Church in Karachi.

[Pakia]

Raja Tridiv Roy



Old pics of his rulership
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Raja Tridiv Roy (born 14 May 1933)[1] is a former Raja of the Chakma tribe in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh[2] who chose to remain a Pakistani when Bangladesh was created in 1971. He is also a writer, religious leader and politician in Pakistan.

His son, Raja Debashish Roy is the current ruler of the Chakma people, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Roy leads the Buddhist community of the country, the All Pakistan Buddhist Association.

Roy lives in Islamabad and is a federal minister for life.

[Pakia]

Gurdwara at Kartarpur, Punjab, Pakistan

The only place in Pakistan where Indian Sikhs can come visa & passport free.

It is the location of Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, the first Gurdwara ever built, where Guru Nanak is said to have died. As the shrine lies only 3 kilometers away from the border with India, Pakistan in the year 2000[2] agreed to allow Sikh pilgrims from India to visit the shrine visa and passport-free[3][4] by constructing a bridge from the border to the shrine - however the Indian government has not signaled its willingness to participate in the schemefor the past 12 years[5] and so no such visits are currently taking place.

[Pakia]

Hindu yaatris, followers of Bholenath, performing some rituals on a mountain in Hinglaj area of Balochistan.

[Pakia]

Considered one of the four holiest places for Punjabi Hindus; other three being in Indian Punjab.

Multan was earlier known as Kashyappur then. This name was subsequently changed to Pralhadpur, after Pralhad occupied the throne after his father was killed by Lord.

Built in 1810 when Great Sun temple of Multan was destroyed bu muslim conquests. Later in 1853 British canon ball created a hole in the roof and eventually was somewhat abandoned due to water from rain.

Destroyed again by mobs in 1992 after Babri masjid incident in India, now case is pending in courts, so it either be rebuilt or replaced by place of wazu for muslims, which Pakistan constitution forbids to replace a place of worship of one religion for use by another.















Do any of you that such temples in Pakistan should be rebuilt or restored with donations & probably volunteers?

[Pakia]

[Pakia]

Hindu community leaders slam panchayat chief over migration issue



SUKKUR, Aug 16: Leaders of Jacobabad’s Hindu community have accused president of the Hindu Panchayat, Babu Mahesh Lal, of making an issue of the Hindus migrating to India and blowing it out of proportion to serve his own vested interests.

Addressing a joint press conference, former president of Hindu Panchayat Jacobabad Lal Chand Seetlani, ad other leaders Jay Chand Kasturi, Mukhi Raj Kumar, Roshan Lal, Comrade Ajeet Kumar and Dr. Kanwal said that Hindu families had gone to India to visit holy places but Babu Mahesh Lal called it migration in order to gain his personal vested interests.

They said that during his recent meetings with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and MNA Faryal Talpur, Mahesh Lal sold the honour of Hindu girls by getting license for wine sale.

Instead of talking about protection to Hindus and urging the government to stop kidnapping of girls, Babu Mahesh fell for the wine license and made the heads of Hindu community people hang in shame, they said.

They appealed to the chief minister and MNA Faryal Talpur not to allow themselves to be hoodwinked by Babu Mahesh and take back the license issued to him.

They said the tenure of Babu Mahesh as president of the Hindu Panchayat had ended on July 16 but he managed to whip up the issue of migration of Hindus and tightened his grip on the Panchayat .

They alleged that Babu Mahesh had misappropriated million of rupees of the Citizens Community Board funds and called for his resignation and formation of an interim set-up for the election of a new Panchayat .

They urged the government to provide funds to elected representatives to enable them to carry out development schemes and provide jobs and scholarships to the young male and female Hindus.

They said that Panchayat was rich in resources and had no need of donations.
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http://dawn.com/2012/08/17/hindus-mi...of-proportion/

[Pakia]

A Hindu family from Pakistan names its newborn ‘Bharat’
NEW DELHI, August 22, 2012


For this group of Hindu families that came to India from Pakistan a year ago, their dilapidated surroundings at their temporary shelter in an ashram at Majnu Ka Tila here, shortage of basic amenities including food and clean drinking water or even an uncertain future do not seem to dampen the joy and hope that little “Bharat”, born on August 15, has brought along.

“A home away from home”

Krishan Das, spokesperson for these Hindu families, says: “Little Bharat born to Gira and Panju Ram represents our hope for a better tomorrow. We have named the boy Bharat because he was born here and we want him to grow up knowing that India gave us a home and livelihood when we were virtually abandoned by our home country Pakistan. Also, he was born on August 15 so ‘Bharat’ seemed to be the obvious choice for a name.”

A chance at good life

Bharat’s father Panju Ram, who now works as a daily wager in Delhi, says: “Bharat is our fourth child and in India we hope for a better future for him. We are trying to settle down in the Capital and ensure that our children get a chance at living a decent and good life here. Leaving Pakistan was a painful decision, who wants to leave their home country? But people from the minority community don’t seem to be welcome there anymore so we decided to move out before it was too late.”

Forcible conversions

Speaking about the conditions back home in Pakistan, Mr. Das says: “This group of 30-odd people living here (Majnu Ka Tila) are from Sindh province in Pakistan where there is forcible conversion of those from the minority community. Workers from the minority community are not paid minimum wages and the rich Hindus have to endure extortion and live in the fear of being kidnapped for ransom. All of us who have crossed over to India are born and brought up in Pakistan and call it our home. We were educated in Pakistan, we have friends there and we love the country as our own, but now circumstances are such that we can’t assure our children of a safe and secure future there.”

The group staying at Majnu Ka Tila is surviving on the money earned from selling fruits, vegetable or cell phone covers. Of the 11 children in the group only a few have managed to secure a school admission. “Lack of proper identification proof for children is preventing us from enrolling them in schools, also money for school admission, book, fees and uniform is in short supply so that is another major hindrance as well.”

“Thank you, India”

Acknowledging the effort made by the Indian Government and some Hindu organisations in helping them settle down here, Mr. Das says: “We thank the Indian Government for allowing us to stay in India and the police for not harassing us. Some Hindu organisations gave us food and clothes when we initially came. However, now that this short-term help is over we have been virtually left to fend for ourselves. We want the Indian Government to look into giving us citizenship and a permanent place to stay. Most of us have the knowledge of working in agricultural sector and are sure that we can manage to feed and take care of our families with a little help from the Government.”

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...?homepage=true

[A-TOWN BOY]

bharat is a common male name, pakia bro. bharat was an ancient king. and bharat is named after him.plus i've heard there's a village called pakistan in india.

[siamu maharaj]

I had a friend named Bharat.

[Pakia]

My comment was definitely not because of the kids name but because of the contents of the article, that we've let the minorities among us down, where they're almost forced to find safer places to prosper, respect & acceptability for the expression of their religious rights.

Quaid would've no problem with a person born in Pakistan named Bharat, India, Nehru etc and neither should we. But would most likely not approve of our treatments of our minorities and would hang his head in shame at our treatment of them.

[MP04]

There are many pakistan hindus families who have migrated to my state recently ... there number is huge

[insomniac00]

Originally Posted by MP04

There are many pakistan hindus families who have migrated to my state recently ... there number is huge

good now you can take great care of them in grate india.

[Intoxication]

Originally Posted by MP04

There are many pakistan hindus families who have migrated to my state recently ... there number is huge

True. And I personally don't blame them.

Originally Posted by insomniac00

good now you can take great care of them in grate india.

Not funny.

[insomniac00]

what is not funny my humanist BBCD brother...im actually happy for them that they are going to be taken care of in great india.... hence the .....

[Intoxication]

Originally Posted by insomniac00

what is not funny my humanist BBCD brother...im actually happy for them that they are going to be taken care of in great india.... hence the .....

At least we agree!

[MP04]

Originally Posted by insomniac00

good now you can take great care of them in grate india.

i think pakistan is more great , not india .... ( as citizens are happy if their other citizens migrate to a different country for help )

[Metropole]

No more discussion on who's more great please.

It's a pity that Pakistani citizens have to migrate away from the country. Hindus have been living here for thousands of years so they have a lot of claims over this country. It's not good if they feel they have to leave.

Unfortunately, millions of Pakistanis have left for the Middle East and the West and it represents a great brain-drain for the country. Hopefully when we get a decent government and development restarts they'll start coming back.

[Intoxication]

Over 2.9m people registered with NADRA belong to seven faiths other than Islam. SOURCE: NADRA

ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan is not as monolithically Islamic as popular perceptions would have you believe.

Besides large Christian and Hindu communities, the country has a sizable population of people following the Baha’i faith, in addition to adherents of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and the Ahmadiyya community, reveal unprecedented statistics released by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA).

In all, adherents of at least seven different faiths, besides Islam, live in Pakistan and comprise more than 3% of all adult Pakistanis who posses computerised national identity cards (CNIC).

Swelling ranks

According to the data on declared religious association of minority community members, over 2.9 million adult Pakistanis belong to seven different faiths other than Islam. Around 91.37 million adult Pakistanis posses CNICs at present but this number keeps increasing as NADRA, on average, issues 15,000 CNICs every working day.

Based on scientific projections (the 1998 census plus a 3.2% yearly increase in population), NADRA estimates that 96% of the total adult population now posses an identity card.

The statistics were gathered from application forms filled at the time of applying for a CNIC. Among other information, the forms include a column on religion the applicant belongs to.

Religious affiliations

According to the statistics, the Hindu community is the largest minority group possessing CNICs, with 1.4 million adherents. Christians follow, with 1.27 million followers possessing a CNIC.

Among the Ahmadis – a community declared non-Muslim in the 1970s – there are 125,681 CNIC holders.

Besides these minorities, the data shows there are over 33,000 Pakistanis who declared themselves as followers of the Baha’i faith, 6,146 Sikhs and over 4,000 Zoroastrians, or Parsis.

Interestingly, around 1,500 adult citizens holding CNICs declared themselves as Buddhists.

Electoral weight

NADRA Chairman Tariq Malik told The Express Tribune that his organisation was especially focusing on non-Muslims to acquire CNICs and register themselves as voters.

Malik said he held meetings with leaders of various minority faiths, asking them to persuade their communities to obtain identity cards.

With a sizeable turnout of minorities at polling booths in the elections, no political party would be able to ignore them in the upcoming polls, Malik said.

According to the chairman, the column of religion in the CNIC application form was not a mandatory column, stating it was the choice of each individual whether he or she wanted to declare their faith or not.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/430059/o...pakistan-home/