PCP reports: “When President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari was claiming ‘Minorities are enjoying equal rights and fully protected in Pakistan’ addressing a gathering in President House to mark Minorities Day, the electronic media was telecasting images of train at Jacobabad railway station boarding 250 Pakistani Hindus migrating to India.” See the rest of the story at PCP, which asks the question “Where Pakistani Christians to migrate while Hindus to India?”.

The Pakistan Express News also reports that “Persecution forces 60 Hindu families to migrate to India” stating that:  “Amid increasing cases of violence and lack of security against their community, 60 Hindu families from Balochistan and Sindh have decided to migrate to India, Express News reported on Thursday. Four out of the 60 families left for India during midday via Samjhota Express from Lahore Railway Station. The rest of the families are expected to travel by today. According to Express News correspondent Aftab Bukhari, five families residing in Aatma Raam Haweli – joint residence – vacated it this morning in order to move out to India. Bukhari said that the families had complaints that their shops were looted, their houses were raided by unknown men and their women were forcefully converted. He said that the visas on their passports were not permanent, however, he said that chances of them coming back to Pakistan were slim.”