Citizenship Modification Act: Below the brand new Citizenship Modification Act, greater than 500 Pakistani Hindus had utilized for citizenship in Haryana. Out of those, 30 together with Tariq have just lately received citizenship. The verification strategy of others is happening. Sources within the division mentioned that in line with the survey, about 1500 Hindus from Pakistan reside in Haryana.
In keeping with the report of The Indian Categorical, many of the refugees who’ve lived in Haryana are from Layyah in Pakistan. Other than this, some are from Faisalabad and Dera Ghazi Khan districts. In the meantime, individuals who received citizenship instructed in regards to the atrocities being carried out with Hindus in Pakistan.
‘Namaz was forcibly taught’
32-year-old refugee Tariq, who got here to Rohtak in Haryana from Layyah in Pakistan, mentioned, ‘My title is Tariq Lal and I’m a Hindu. However in my faculty they named me Mohammad Tariq. I used to be compelled to learn namaaz there. It was the obligation of a kid to see whether or not we had been studying namaaz or not.
Speaking about his scenario in Pakistan, Tariq Lal mentioned, ‘I got here to India in 2005 with my 4 brothers, our dad and mom, after getting a visa. I used to be very younger then. The scenario there was very unhealthy. Folks of our space didn’t even use the utensils we used. When my brothers and I went to highschool, Quran was a obligatory topic. A scholar was particularly assigned the duty of checking whether or not all of us learn namaaz; it was obligatory. They even modified my title from Tariq Lal to Mohammad Tariq in class.
‘They needed to vary our faith’
Tariq Lal additional mentioned that his household used to do farming in Pakistan, however an incident compelled them to go away in 2005. He mentioned, ‘They needed us to transform to Islam, which was not acceptable to us. After we determined to promote our land after getting the visa, they got here to learn about it and refused to purchase our land.’ Tariq mentioned, we managed to promote solely part of it and left the remainder and went away.