Hindu Minority Targeted in Sindh, Pakistan

Karachi (Pakistan) – Pakistan’s Sindh Province is home to the majority of Hindu population and has seen repeated outbreaks of communal violence triggered by blasphemy accusations. These incidents follow a typical pattern as an allegation surfaces, religious leaders mobilize crowds, violence erupts and the affected Hindu community is forced to go in hiding or displacement.

Murder of a Hindu farmer and truth exposed through it    

As per the news published by a Nepali news agency ‘Khabarhub’, the recent killing of a Hindu farmer in Sindh province has once again exposed the extreme vulnerability of religious minorities in Pakistan. The victim was a farmer from Kolhi community. There was a dispute between him and a local powerful landlord about the use of land. After this dispute, the farmer was shot dead in broad daylight. This incident triggered agitations all over Sindh. Hindus blocked the highways and demanded justice.

Impunity assured to criminals and discrimination  

It has been further stated in the news that the case was not merely about one killing; it symbolized a deeper pattern of impunity, feudal power, and religious marginalization that has defined the lived reality of Hindus in Pakistan over the past several decades. For many minorities, particularly Hindus, Pakistan has increasingly become a hostile space marked by fake allegations, forced conversions, kidnappings, economic coercion, and targeted violence.

Atrocities against women and girls

Punjab Province in Pakistan has witnessed similar happenings where Hindu population is much less. A Lahore-based study cited by the Centre for Social Justice found that at least 421 minority women and girls were subjected to forced conversions between 2021 and 2024; out of them 71% were underage, predominantly from Hindu and Christian communities.

Along with physical violence, systematic persecution of Hindus has played a dangerous role in survival of Hindus in Pakistan. Every year, there are cases of kidnapping Hindu minor girls, forcing them to adopt Islam and marry them off to Muslim men. If such Hindu families try to seek justice, they are threatened with life; there is delay in hearing of their cases and passing unfavourable verdicts by courts. Most of the verdicts passed by courts are in favour of the persons involved in forcible conversions.

Drawbacks in laws and Government’s indifference

There is no effective national law in Pakistan to treat forced conversions as crime despite the issue discussed in public debates and legislative. There is no firm judicial precedence available in favour of Hindu families. Such legal vacuum has emboldened perpetrators criminals and created panic amongst Hindu parents.

It has been lastly mentioned in the news that owing to the absence of Government support and increasing tolerance towards radical outfits, the problem for Hindus is not that of equality but of survival in such system where they face constant injustice.