Over the years, the number of refugees from the area of Sindh have increased, the first exodus of refugees which entered India at the time of Partition were resettled in areas of North India, particularly Delhi. They were placed in campsites which were later converted into permanent housing through Government of India. There were a number of schemes which were implemented for the process of rehabilitation and integration of Pakistani refugees. A number of laws were introduced such as The Displaced Persons Claims Act, 1950; The Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954; The Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act, 1948. There was also other laws introduced aiming at a specific group of people. All of them were granted citizenship
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Mohammad Ali Jinnah also guaranteed the minority’s rights in his speech delivered at the time of partition, but those pacts were not a big help in soothing the fear installed in both the Hindus and Sikhs due to the partition. The minority rights were being violated and within months after the pact was signed, millions of refugees migrated from East Pakistan to India. These situations were being further triggered by the Indian and Pakistan bilateral wars regarding the Kashmir conflict, the nuclear issue and other standoffs and skirmishes.
There was growing intolerance in the state of Pakistan influenced by major social and cultural Islamic significance in the constitution and the laws of the country. The National Education policies in Pakistan were formulated in such a manner that it kept the majority religion in mind while avoiding the importance of the minorities. Moreover, there was a rise in Islam Fundamentalism in Pakistan which can be accounted by the large number of religious extremists in the …show more content…
The number of people which travel to Pakistan from the Indian side include only a small number of Lohanas who have been married in India. In Pakistan these communities mainly worked as landless labourers in the fields of landlords and in India they continue to live in penury. They have been living in harsh desert conditions characterised by recurrent droughts and famines, where they in pre-partitioned India used to migrate to and fro through the border in search of fodder and
Mohammad Ali Jinnah also guaranteed the minority’s rights in his speech delivered at the time of partition, but those pacts were not a big help in soothing the fear installed in both the Hindus and Sikhs due to the partition. The minority rights were being violated and within months after the pact was signed, millions of refugees migrated from East Pakistan to India. These situations were being further triggered by the Indian and Pakistan bilateral wars regarding the Kashmir conflict, the nuclear issue and other standoffs and skirmishes.
There was growing intolerance in the state of Pakistan influenced by major social and cultural Islamic significance in the constitution and the laws of the country. The National Education policies in Pakistan were formulated in such a manner that it kept the majority religion in mind while avoiding the importance of the minorities. Moreover, there was a rise in Islam Fundamentalism in Pakistan which can be accounted by the large number of religious extremists in the …show more content…
The number of people which travel to Pakistan from the Indian side include only a small number of Lohanas who have been married in India. In Pakistan these communities mainly worked as landless labourers in the fields of landlords and in India they continue to live in penury. They have been living in harsh desert conditions characterised by recurrent droughts and famines, where they in pre-partitioned India used to migrate to and fro through the border in search of fodder and