By PHP Staff
Monday, April 11, 2011
PAKISTAN : Calling for an end to institutionalised discrimination going back 62 years, the Scheduled Caste Rights Movement of Pakistan (SCRM) demanded quick passage of a law pertaining to Hindu marriage registration.
In a press conference held here on Thursday, the SCRM pleaded with parliamentarians and concerned citizens to give Hindus the same treatment as other communities vis-a-vis their right to register marriages. They warned the government that they would launch a forceful campaign if it failed to protect their basic rights, particularly that of marriage registration.
Hindu women, hailing from different parts of the country, expressed regret over the government's failure to end injustice against the poor women of the Hindu community. They alleged that they were being discriminated against in the right to possess Computerized National Identity Cards (CNIC), which, in their view, was congruent with a denial of their basic rights of citizenship.
Monday, April 11, 2011
(Photo : Hindu women members of Scheduled Cast Rights Movement of Pakistan (SCRM) during a press conference in Islamabad on March 31, 2011, Pakistan)
In a press conference held here on Thursday, the SCRM pleaded with parliamentarians and concerned citizens to give Hindus the same treatment as other communities vis-a-vis their right to register marriages. They warned the government that they would launch a forceful campaign if it failed to protect their basic rights, particularly that of marriage registration.
Hindu women, hailing from different parts of the country, expressed regret over the government's failure to end injustice against the poor women of the Hindu community. They alleged that they were being discriminated against in the right to possess Computerized National Identity Cards (CNIC), which, in their view, was congruent with a denial of their basic rights of citizenship.
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