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09 Jun, 23

By Veengas
Forced Conversion, News

Sohana Sharma Kumari: Judge did not send her to the family despite stating in favor of her parents

Benazirabad: Sohana Sharma Kumari, 14, has stated statement in favor of her parents that she wanted to go with her parents. However, the judge made an excuse that a girl was pressurized and did not allow her to stay with her parents. Sohana was abducted from her home at the gunpoint in front of her […]

08 Jun, 23

By The Rise News
Forced Conversion, News

Raveena Meghwar, aged 15 converted to Islam after abduction

Tando Allahyar: On May 25, 2023, Raveena Meghwar, aged 15, was abducted from the town of Chambar, District Tando Allahyar, Sindh. Raveena had been married off to a Muslim man after conversion. The girl is underage and Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act prohibits child marriage in the province of Sindh. The girl’s brother Dilip Meghwar […]

08 Jun, 23

By Veengas
Forced Conversion, News

A 14-year-old Hindu girl, Sohana Sharma Kumari abducted – Parents appealed for support

Benazirabad: Sohana Sharma Kumari was kidnapped from her home in front of her mother from Qazi Abad, District Benazirabad in the first week of June 2023. The girl’s mother, Jamna Sharma said to The Rise News: her daughter was getting tuition and a private teacher came home to teach her daughter. ‘One day her teacher […]

05 Jun, 23

By Veengas
Features

As Karachi’s Jewish graveyards decline, so does an important part of its history

Karachi: A piece of ripped cloth is draped over the gate of the Jewish graveyard in Mewa Shah, Lyari, Karachi, Sindh. The gate bears the symbol of the Star of David, designed as an equilateral triangle – an indication of its longevity. The ripped cloth, however, is a better representative of Karachi’s Jewish graveyards – […]

27 May, 23

By Veengas
News

After the daughter being converted to Islam, the father wanted to leave the village

Hindu girl Haseena Oad, 14, was abducted and converted to Islam from Umarkot, Sindh. The girl was abducted at Pir Sarhandi shrine in May 2023; she was abducted at gunpoint from her house. “I am warned if I continue raising my voice, it will harm my life as well as my family,” the girl’s father […]

26 May, 23

By Veengas
Climate Change, Features

Whose land it is?

People, cattle stock, mountains, rivers, and even those buried in graveyards awaiting for a door to paradise to be opened are under constant threat of vandalism and evacuation.

25 May, 23

By Veengas
Video

Industries in Karachi discriminate against Sindhis

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09 May, 23

By Veengas
Video

In Six Months another Hindu brutally killed in Sanghar

29 Apr, 23

By Veengas
News

A child abuser freed in Sindh

In Pakistan, more than 10 children, every day, are sexually abused, 51 percent of girls are abused and 49 percent of boys are A teacher Sarang Sher sexual abuser was released on Thursday 27, 2023 in Thari Mirwah, District Khairpur, Sindh. Sher was charged with sexual abuse in July 2020 – he abused his […]

28 Apr, 23

By Veengas
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A minor Hindu girl Chanda Maharaj not allowed to go with her mother

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