During the hearing, the top judge directed the concerned authorities to investigate the matter and identify names of those behind it. Member of National Assembly (MNA) Ramesh Kumar told the court that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Khurshid Shah was also among the grabbers.
Earlier on October 12, Chief Justice (CJP) Saqib Nisar took notice of illegal encroachments on properties of the Hindu community in Sindh.A notification issued by the Supreme Court (SC) Registrar’s office stated that the CJP had taken notice of the issue on a video released by Bhagwan Devi, a retired professor Dr Bhagwan Devi w/o Professor Dr Baghwan Das, in which she claimed that the Hindu community in Sindh was the victim of “the worst lawlessness and mismanagement”.
She said that her lands and properties are being encroached by land mafia by force.
She said that the land mafia was taking over properties owned by Hindus in Sindh, especially Larkana, on the basis of “false power of attorney”. Devi added that affected members of the community were also being threatened into silence.
“Many Hindus of Larkana have sold their properties and are ready to leave [the country],” she regretted, adding that many have already left.
She also claimed that a “situation similar to that of Native Americans was being created for the local Hindus”. She accused Sindhi nationalists and the authorities for remaining silent.
Devi said that she had been protesting before the Larkana Press Club for the past 15 days with husband Bhagwan Das, a paediatrician and a professor. She appealed to the “CJP and 205 countries” to take notice of the Hindu community’s plight.
The court had notice issued to Attorney General for Pakistan, Advocate General Sindh, Secretary Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Islamabad, Secretary Human Rights Islamabad, Chief Secretary Sindh, Secretary Minority Affairs Department, Government of Sindh and Commissioner Larakana division for appearance.
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