MIRPURKHAS: Scores of members of the Hindu community, including women, took out a rally and staged a demonstration outside the local press club on Wednesday to protest against the alleged abduction of Bindya Kumari and Kalpana Meghwar in Umerkot. The protest was held under the banner of the Pakistan Darawar Ittehad.

The protesters alleged that the girls had been kept in illegal confinement, forcibly converted and made to go through a nikah.

Led by Faqeer Shewa Kachchi, they carried banners and placards and chanted slogans as they marched along M.A. Jinnah Road to the press club, where they held the demonstration.

They claimed that both girls were under 18 and that the suspect, Mitho, was responsible for abducting them, forcing them to convert to Islam and marrying them illegally. They called on the higher authorities to take immediate notice, to ensure the girls’ safe recovery and return to their parents, and to take legal action against those involved.

Published in Dawn, November 12th, 2026