The Sindh government has announced to constitute a new inquiry committee under the head of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police (South) Karachi, Abdul Khaliq Shaikh, to investigate into the murder of two Hindu brothers in Umerkot and asked him to submit the report within five days.
This was stated by the Chief Executive of Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER), Karamat Ali, and Zulfiqar Shah of Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network (PDSN) at a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday. They said the provincial government has also assured to provide cash compensation and government job to three Hindus - two trader brothers and third one who was a key witness of the twin murders - and had later committed suicide. Such relief was decided in a meeting of the representatives committee of the Hindu community with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at the Chief Minister's House.
The committee had earlier signed a written agreement with the government-appointed committee for solving problems of Hindus, when thousands of non-Muslims from Umerkot and parts of Sindh had staged a sit-in at the Karachi Club for the acceptance of their demands. The written agreement was signed on Saturday night by Sindh Ministers, Dr Sikandar Mandhro, Mukesh Kumar Chawla and Giyanchand Israni, Commissioner of Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, DIG of Police, Karachi (South) Abdul Khaliq Shaikh, SSP South Faisal Bashir Memon and Deputy Commissioner of South Jamal M Qazi. From protestors' side the agreement was signed by Chela Ram, Suresh Kumar, Karamat Ali, Krishan Sharma and Zulfiqar Shah.
Karamat Ali said the government, in principle, had agreed to solve all the outstanding problems of Hindus and other non-Muslims in Sindh. The Sindh Chief Minister has asked the high-level committee on the problems of Hindus comprising former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Rana Bhagwandas, Chairperson of Sindh Human Rights Commission Justice Majida Razvi (Retd) and advocate Jhamat Mal to prepare recommendations and submit it to the government for its implementation. It was also decided to include Karamat Ali of PILER into the committee.
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