“International Day in Support of Victims of Torture”
Since last few decades, both Sindhi and Baloch nations in Pakistan are being victimized for their legitimate struggle for democracy, national self-determination and secularism.

Date: Saturday, June 28th, 2014
Time: 5.30 pm to 9.30 pm
North York Library, 5190 Yonge Street Toronto,
M2N 5N9 (Tel 416.395.5535)

Note: This program is Free for all ages, refreshment will be served. 
We look forward to your participation. Please feel free to contact us if you need any information. 

Sincerely,
Asif Panhwar (403.400.5109); asif.panhwar@yahoo.ca
Dileep Ratnani (647.981.7742); d_kumar71@yahoo.com
Siraj Makhdoom (403.465.4337); siraj_makhdoom@yahoo.com

We are working hard to host a talk in Toronto by Professor Ayesha Jalal on her latest book The Pity of Partition: Manto’s Life, and Work Across the Indo-Pakistan Divide’ sometime in early November. Please check back for more details.

What are the origins and history of discrimination and violence against religious minorities – Ahmedis, Christians, Hindus and Shia? What do fundamentalist organizations such as the Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat, Sipah-e-Sahaba, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Tehreek-e-Taliban stand for? Who supports them and why? What can decent minded people do to help Pakistan become a tolerant society where all citizens are equal and safe?

Attacks on two Ahmedi mosques killed 86 in May 2010 in Lahore

Houses and shops being torched in Christian community of Joseph in Lahore in March 2013

Hindu temple destroyed in Sindh in December 2012

Shia mourn the death of 200 killed in terrorist attack in Quetta in Jan 2013

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