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Pakistan's Sindh minister for minorities Mohan Lal has denied reports suggesting that Hindus from the province were migrating to India because of the poor law and order situation in the province. Lal said the reports were just a propaganda aimed at maligning the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government. He said over 4 million Hindus were living in Sindh, who consider Pakistan as their motherland, reports The Nation. Lal said it was a routine matter of Hindus visiting India for pilgrimage or to meet their relatives. The Hindus from Sindh, especially Jacobabad, Kashmore, Shikarpur, Larkana and Sukkur visit India every year for pilgrimage, he added. After reports of Hindu families' migration to India created chaos in the country, President Asif Ali Zardari formed a parliamentary committee under Federal Minister Moula Bux Chandio, which after visiting different areas and meeting with Hindus' representatives submitted its report. The committee noted that Hindus did face some problems, insecurity being one of them. It proposed that FIRs should be registered against every complaint.

Pak denies mass migration of Hindus to India