Sindh Minorities’ Minister demands 2-day holiday on Diwali for Hindu employees of federal and provincial governments.
Karachi
Sindh Minister for Minorities Affairs Giyan Chand Essarani has taken notice of the theft and vandalism at the Devi Mata Temple in Kotri town of Jamshoro district.
The Minister on Thursday contacted Senior Superintendent of Police District Jamshoro and sought the report of the unfortunate incident. He directed SSP to register the FIR of the tragic incident and trace the culprits involved in the incident so as to award them severe punishments from the court of law to curb such incidents.
Giyan Chand Essarani said that the Hindu community was busy in preparation of their religious festival Diwali and desecration of the temple was an intolerable incident. He directed SSP Jamshoro to beef up security arrangements of temples in the district to avoid such incidents.
Meanwhile, DIG Police Hyderabad also issued directives to the SSP Jamshoro, DSP Kotri and concerned SHO to arrest the culprits forthwith and recover the things stolen from temple.
Earlier, Essarani had demanded from the Federal Government to announce two-day holiday for Hindu employees on the occasion of Diwali being a major religious festival of the Hindu community. He said it is a long-standing demand of the millions of Hindus.
This demand was made by the Minister while talking on the occasion of handing over Diwali cheques at the Minority Affairs Department.
Giyan Chand Essrani said employees belonging to Hindu community were serving in remote cities of the country and they should be facilitated with two-day holiday so that they could celebrate the festival of lights with their families in befitting manner. He also added that private sector should also announce two-day holiday for their Hindu employees on Diwali.
Minister said that he would also recommend the Sindh government to consider the long standing demand of millions of Hindus living in the province.
Provincial Minister distributed cheques among hundreds of deserving women of Hindu community. He also directed the Department of Minority Affairs to ensure transparency in Diwali cheques. (PR)
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