Hindu woman axed to death in Nasirabad

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DERA MURAD JAMALI: A woman from the Hindu community was axed to death in the Baba Kot area of Nasirabad district on Wednesday.

Police said that unknown people attacked Zania Kumari in Goth Asif Ali Shah and escaped after the murder. The cause of the attack remains unclear.

Police registered a case against the killers.

Jalo Ram, Kumari’s brother, told reporters that his sister was killed for no reason by “influential people” of the area.

He appealed to the inspector general of police, Balochistan, and SSP, Nasirabad, to take action against the killers and provide security to his family.

Published in Dawn, March 9th, 2017

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Mar 09, 2017 09:32am

Please do not start an indo-Pakistan match. There is no point proving which country is better or worse. Coz in this we loose focus of real issues. It is a ghastly incident which needs too condemned by everyone and there should be action demanded by the local people.

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iqbal

Mar 09, 2017 09:38am

Shameful barbaric act and killers must be arrested and charged as soon as possible.

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Shahid BhAt Kashmiri

Mar 09, 2017 09:39am

That's very bad, save very few of them which are left

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Rafiq

Mar 09, 2017 09:40am

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh where women are mistreated to the lowest level,and if from minority, becomes an issue.

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anon

Mar 09, 2017 09:38am

Shame!

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Haal

Mar 09, 2017 09:47am

Sad...killers should be brought to justice and punished whosoever they are. Violence cannot be tolerated.

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IMRAN QURAISHI

Mar 09, 2017 09:54am

Worst country to live in if you are a minority. More crimes against minorities in Pakistan than any country in the world.

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Mar 09, 2017 10:04am

GOD SAVE MINORITIES IN PAKISTAN.

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Wise

Mar 09, 2017 10:10am

Not many places on earth practice so much intolerance and promote violence. From religious groups to law enforcement agencies and society as a whole. I wonder what and who will ever be able to save this country.

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McChrist

Mar 09, 2017 10:21am

Percentage of hindu population in pakistan 1947 - 13% 2017 - 1.5% Percentage of muslim population in India 1947 - 9% 2017 - 15%

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Sachin Goel

Mar 09, 2017 10:27am

Shameful society

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72v

Mar 09, 2017 10:34am

Happy women's day

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Alba

Mar 09, 2017 10:36am

Pakistan will never change. Forget about it. You deal with what you have to deal with.

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SATT

Mar 09, 2017 10:36am

This sin won't go unrecorded.

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Adil Jadoon

Mar 09, 2017 10:41am

Shameful! Unknown assailants?????

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rich

Mar 09, 2017 11:03am

crime happens everywhere against minorities, majorities men and women but what one has to see if this minority communities gets justice, and these so called powerful people are arrested and sentenced a test for pakistans law

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Shah

Mar 09, 2017 11:09am

Round up the Rais , wadera or malik of the area and you will find the killer.

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Arun

Mar 09, 2017 11:17am

And they call India Intolerant!!!

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S Prasad

Mar 09, 2017 11:20am

Shame. These things only happen in a third world country.

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Hafiz ahmed

Mar 09, 2017 11:29am

Only 1.5% non Muslims left and they are being eliminated too. Sad..

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TRUTH IS BITTER

Mar 09, 2017 12:08pm

@Hafiz ahmed , Yes friend; Only 1.5% Non-Muslims left. If the reduction of Hindus from 100% to 1.5% is due to peaceful, voluntary conversion, it is acceptable. But, if it is by threat, force and elimination, it is sad.

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D.K.PAMNANI -INDIA

Mar 09, 2017 12:09pm

Minorities problems. Safety of Minorities be taken care.

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Shivaji

Mar 09, 2017 12:17pm

Just Shame.....

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MJ Khan

Mar 09, 2017 12:28pm

@McChrist Its only 11% in India. stop inflating numbers. Also most of the hindus in 1947-pakistan were mainly in bangladesh

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MAst

Mar 09, 2017 01:36pm

Lack of law and order. Hard to get justice if you are not influential in Pakistan. It has nothing to do with your religion

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Saqib ghumman

Mar 09, 2017 01:44pm

Please arrest those animals and madenthem an example by punishing them the most so others should learn. RIP.

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jayesh

Mar 09, 2017 02:25pm

@IMRAN QURAISHI TRULY AGREE WITH YOU.

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Vasan

Mar 09, 2017 02:46pm

I am not sure any religion forgives for someone killing an unarmed woman. Very sad to see how the minorities get murdered.

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McChrist

Mar 09, 2017 02:59pm

@MJ Khan u stop deflating the number. Google it if u hv any doubt.

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Leo

Mar 09, 2017 03:17pm

@TRUTH IS BITTER : Conversion is mostly forced.

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Shahryar Shirazi

Mar 09, 2017 03:14pm

This is very bad. The culprit must be caught, and sentenced in a speedy and public trial to make sure this does not happen again.

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Shahryar Shirazi

Mar 09, 2017 03:21pm

@McChrist Lets play with numbers. You are including the Muslims of united India in 1947. Furthermore, not all Muslims from what is India today migrated. Only a very few. The percentage is growing because Muslims of India have more offsprings on average than their Hindu counterparts. In present day Pakistan, a similar number of Hindus migrated to India, as the muslims did to Pakistan. But because the percentage of Hindus in present day Pakistan was very less, it drastically reduced the percentage of Hindus now residing into Pakistan. Very few Hindus have moved out of Pakistan after 1955. Hope this helps.

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Shahryar Shirazi

Mar 09, 2017 03:18pm

@Sachin Goel I wont call the society bad, but yes the act is shameful. Hope we can catch and punish the culprit ASAP.

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SIMBA

Mar 09, 2017 03:40pm

this is how they celebrate women's day in Pakistan! Minorities and women seem to have absolutely no fundamental rights- even the right to life!

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Hari Lamichhane

Mar 09, 2017 04:17pm

@MJ Khan Could you please enlighten about the situation about Bangladesh? Hope the % of Minorities there is increasing.

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Syed zafar kazmi u.s.a

Mar 09, 2017 04:19pm

Terribly sad but who cares if the victim is a woman and specially when dirt poor.

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Khwarizmi

Mar 09, 2017 04:33pm

Do not turn this into Muslim-Hindu discussions. We don't hate minorities as they do in India. This is a crime, period!

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zak

Mar 09, 2017 04:50pm

@Om This is a reprehensible act and it appears family personal vendetta rather than religious driven. But Consider this one incident and compare it to thousands of incidents against Muslims in India. Dont compare the regular with the rare.

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zak

Mar 09, 2017 04:55pm

Hindus are safe and part of the community in Baluchistan.

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Ranjit

Mar 10, 2017 12:50am

Dear Pakistanis. I request, if you can not even save your own people, then why don't you send all Hindus and Christians to a safer country. Figures don't lie. Now Hindus are only 1.5% and that is also on papers. May be they are only 1%. Just get rid of them and become 100% Muslim country. Then your land will be land of Pure. All will be treated equally and everyone will live peacefully.

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