ISLAMABAD: While expressing dissatisfaction over the present condition
of the Hindu community in Pakistan, two Hindu representative bodies
have disclosed that the Hindu population in Jinnah's Pakistan has
plummeted from 20% in 1947 to a mere 2% since 1947, primarily due to
religious discrimination in the Muslim-dominated country.

The
revelation was made at a seminar, held in Lahore and organised by Hare
Rama Foundation (HRF) and Hindu Sudhar Sabhake (HSS). The speakers said
the Hindus, being the largest minority community in Pakistan, are
suffering from many problems for decades.

The speakers pointed
out that there are more than 4,00,000 Hindus living across the Punjab
province, yet they are neither represented by a single legislator in
the provincial assembly nor in the National Assembly of Pakistan at
present.

A
Hindu organisation has slammed a KwaZulu-Natal north coast school for
allowing a motivational speaker to hand out Christian material to
pupils.

Vishwa Shakti received complaints from angry Hindu
parents and pupils of Tongaat Secondary School over the distribution of
the New Testament.

It is understood that the school invited the speaker, who
belongs to a Christian-based organisation, to address pupils on the
importance of good values.

After the talk, pupils were invited to take copies of the New Testament.

Vishwa Shakti’s Kamal Maharaj said the Schools Act prohibited the promotion of religious indoctrination.

Ali
Anwar's book, 'Masawat ki Jung' has sent a sever down the spines of
Muslim elites as it dwells at length on the plight of dalit Muslims
derided and treated as pariahs by the upper caste brethren and ulemas.
This goes against tenets of Islam which don't sanction inequality on
the basis of caste and birth.

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