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The mystifying case of Rinkle Kumari

                                                                                                                 The Khanka Aalia Qadria Text and Photos by Amar Guriro KARACHI – In Pakistan, not only its people, but its walls also talk about controversies. We witnessed that while driving through the small town of Daharki in the northern Ghotki district of the southern Sindh province. All [...]

Increase in crimes against Sindhi Hindus

Kidnapping, extortion, and now murders are common crimes perpetrated against Hindus in Sindh. Recent murder of a young trader by religious extremists is causing great unrest among the largest minority group in the province. Kolachi reports… By Amar Guriro The brutal murder of Engineer Garesh Kumar, a young trader from Kunri district Umerkot, has spread [...]

Mullahs and Americans also get into the act

Amar Guriro KARACHI – With the Jamia Binoria Aalmia slamming the high court decision of sending Rinkle Kumari (now Faryal Bibi) to a shelter home, the forced conversion case is gathering international support as US Congressman Brad Sherman on Tuesday wrote a letter to President Asif Ali Zardari, asking him take all necessary steps to [...]

Om Namah Shiva…FOR HE DRANK HALAHALA

Amar Guriro KARACHI – The Hindu community throughout Sindh has renovated and decorated its temples with colourful flags, lights and buntings, and religious photos and statues of Shiva in all Shiva temples in Karachi that have been bathed with milk to celebrate one of the biggest Hindu festivals, the Maha Shivratri (the Great Night of [...]

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