During a recent journey through Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, Radio Mashaal journalists Daud Khattak and Zaland Yousafzai documented the life and struggles of Pakistan’s Hindu minority. The region's more than 2 million Hindus live mostly peaceful lives among their Muslim neighbors, but in recent years reports of forced conversions and migration to India have highlighted the plight of Hindus, who comprise the largest religious minority in Pakistan.
The Life And Struggles Of Pakistan’s Hindu Minority
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A Hindu temple known as a Krishna mandir in Methi, the main town of Tharparkar. Methi has six such mandirs, the most of any town in Sindh Province.
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Families live in makeshift houses called “chunra” and sleep under the open sky at night.
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A typical Tharparkar house provides shelter from both high temperatures and heavy rains. A “chunra” costs between 20,000 and 25,000 rupees ($120 - 150) and can last for up to 10 years.
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It is often women who are responsible for fulfilling the family’s water needs, and they bring water on their heads from as far as a kilometer away.
