SUKKUR: Nearly 80 Hindu families from Jacobabad left for India on Eid days mainly owing to the worsening law and order, besides the miseries caused by the power and gas outages and inflation.

President of the General Hindu Panchayat and other office-bearers, including Lal Chand Seetlani and Srichand Lal Bhawnani, shared such views with the media at the Jacobabad railway station while leaving for Lahore for onward journey to India.

Published in Dawn, July 2nd, 2023

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