Activist testifies before US panel to save School Principal in Pak

A Sindhi-American human rights activist, Fatima Gul, testified before a US congressional panel that included committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee Asia, Pacific and n-Proliferation in a hearing based on "Human Rights in South Asia: Views from State Department and Region" and urged panel to save a Hindu principal accused of Blasphemy in Sindh's Ghotki area as anti-Hindu riots broke out after principal was charged with such a serious accusation.

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She urged panel and Trump-led ministration to exert pressure on Pakistan in order to save tan Lal. In dition to this, she said extremist groups vandalized Hindu temples and houses belonging to Sindhi Hindu Community in Ghotki area. 

testimony comes after tan Lal reportedly rebuked a student for b behaviour in school and that me student go to police station and file a complaint that principal h insulted Prophet of Islam. Even though re was substantial evidence against tan, police arrested him and tan has t been heard since n.

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"Pakistan has encourd discriminatory prosecutions"

Gul ded about 75 people have lost ir lives and about 40 more people are serving ir life sentences because of Blasphemy since year 1990. She also said a lot of times, people who are serving ir sentences on charges of Blasphemy, are murdered by or prisoners or even so-called "religious" mobs for that matter. 

Fatima said, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, Pakistan has t amended any law inste it has encourd prosecutions that have been termed as discriminatory and abuses against groups that are vulnerable. She said atrocities against mirities such as Hindu, Christians, Hazaras, and Ahmis are still a common occurrence in Pakistan.

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Fatima cited latest Human Rights Watch report and stated that about 1,000 Hindu and Christian girls were forced to convert to Islam and were n married off to Muslim men. She said that even though re is a Child Marri Prevention Act in Sindh, courts remain indifferent in such cases.

A case of forced conversion

One such appalling incident talks about case of Namrita Chandani, a first-year medical student from Ghotki town in rrn part of Sindh, who was discovered lying on a cot a month ago with a small piece of cloth attached to her neck while her room was locked from inside.

In this case, re were contricting statements from police and victim's family. While police stated that Namrita h taken her own life, family refuted claims by stating that it was a case of murder. 

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According to reports, Namrita's bror, Vishal, a consultant in field of medicine, said that first round of investigations and check-ups showed that his sister was murdered. mysterious circumstances under which Namrita died has raised a few eyebrows and led to people questioning wher it was a case of forced conversion or t.

An effort to save Hindu girls

Sindh Assembly toger decided to pass a plan that demanded illegal practices of forced conversions of Hindu girls come to a complete halt and that such activities taking place would be subject to serious consequences. resolution was enacted after a couple of months when Human Rights Commission of Pakistan ted that more than a thousand cases were reported in country.

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(With inputs from ncies)