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Pakistan's Tharparkar region struggles to educate girls amidst school shor
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
With a population of 1.8 million, the district has limited educational facilities, and the ones that exist are mostly concentrated in urban areas. The News International reported that a large number of girls are compelled to attend boys' schools due to the absence of girls' schools in their
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Sindhi Congress condemns role of Pak People’s Party in cutting Karoonjhar
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Karoonjhar Mountains, which are located on the southeastern edge of the Tharparkar district in Sindh, are also home to some heritage and religious sites especially Hindu temples.
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Abduction, forced conversion of Hindu girls continues in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A resident of Malhi village of Sindh's Tharparkar district, Ishwar Bheel, said that his 20-year-old daughter Guddi Bheel was kidnapped by Sikhander Bajeer of Tando Adam Naukot of Mirpur-Khason on March 8 while returning from the hospital where she had gone to collect fever medicines for her
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Pakistan: Hindu doctor tortured by PPP leader during local body polls
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): A Hindu doctor in the Tharparkar district of Sindh province was allegedly tortured by a leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party during local bodies' election in Islamkot on June 26.
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Pakistan: As water crisis deepens in Sindh's Mithi, residents hit streets
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], February 26 (ANI): Dozens of people staged a demonstration in Tharparkar district in Pakistan's Sindh province against the worsening water crisis in the Mithi town.
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South Asian human rights body slams Pak over forced conversion of Hindu gi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): In light of a 17-year old Hindu girl who died by suicide in October this year after she was allegedly raped last year, in Pakistan's Tharparkar district, a body of South Asian human rights groups has slammed Islamabad for unchecked forced conversion o
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Two more children die of malnutrition, disease in Pakistan's Tharparkar
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], December 20 (ANI): Two more children have died in Tharparkar district of Sindh province due to health problems arising from malnutrition and diseases, ARY News reported.
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Pakistan: Hindu teenage girl commits suicide after 'blackmail' by rapists
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], October 01 (ANI): A 17-year old Hindu girl, who was allegedly raped a year earlier, committed suicide in Pakistan's Tharparkar district after she was reportedly blackmailed by the accused who raped her and are out on bail.
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4 minor boys arrested in Hindu temple vandalism incident in Pak's Sindh pr
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 2 (ANI): Four minor boys who were arrested in connection with the incident of vandalism at a Hindu temple in Tharparkar district of Pakistan's Sindh province, were set free on Saturday after the complainant withdrew the charges against them.
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Temple vandalised Pak's Sindh province
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 27 (ANI): A Hindu temple in Chachro area of Tharparkar district in Sindh was vandalised by four unidentified individuals over the weekend.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan to visit Shiv Temple in Sindh
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 21 (ANI): In a hypocritical display of sanctimony, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan will visit a Shiv Temple in Sindh's Tharparkar district. During the visit, Khan will address a local Hindu community, Geo News reported, citing sources.
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CPEC projects risk widening social divides, heightening political tensions
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 06 (ANI): The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project in Balochistan is producing a heavily militarised zone, displacing locals and depriving them of economic lifelines, while in Sindh's Tharparkar district, coal-based CPEC power projects are damaging the
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