Pakistan Minority Graveyard: The caretaker cabinet of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in its first meeting on Friday (February 17) approved the transfer of about two acres of government land to the Auqaf Department to build cremation grounds for Hindus and Sikhs in the province.
In a meeting chaired by caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam Khan, the caretaker cabinet recommended a cremation ground each for the Hindu and Sikh communities in Peshawar and Nowshera districts and a little less than half an acre of land for a Christian cemetery in Kohat district to the Auqaf Department. Transfer of government land approved.
land for minority communities
The caretaker cabinet of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has approved the transfer of two acres of government land to minority communities. The communities welcomed the decision of the caretaker cabinet to fulfill the pending demand. Hindu community leader Haroon Sarab Diyal lauded the cabinet’s decision to address the core issue of minorities, but cited problems in performing last rites near settlements to the government in areas close to water bodies and away from the local population. requested to allot the land.
have to go 100 kilometers away
The Hindu and Sikh communities face difficulties in performing the last rites of their community members. He even has to go to Attock district, about 100 km from Peshawar, for the last rites. The condition of minorities in Pakistan is always bad. The Christian community there has to go far to bury the dead bodies. According to the information of local reports, there are only four cemeteries for more than 70 thousand people of Christian religion living in Peshawar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There the dead bodies have to be buried by digging old graves.
