03-03-2004, 12:46 AM
Pakistani Hindus win India rights
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3523523.stm
The Indian government has decided to grant citizenship to Hindus
from Pakistan who have been living in India for more than five
years.
Hindu Singh Sodha, president of the Pakistani Hindu National
Organisation, said the move would benefit several thousand Pakistani
nationals who now live in the western Indian states of Rajasthan and
Gujarat.
Mr Sodha said most of these people had travelled to India on valid
travel documents, but they refused to go back because they feared
religious persecution.
The government said district magistrates of states bordering
Pakistan would be given the power to grant citizenship.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3523523.stm
The Indian government has decided to grant citizenship to Hindus
from Pakistan who have been living in India for more than five
years.
Hindu Singh Sodha, president of the Pakistani Hindu National
Organisation, said the move would benefit several thousand Pakistani
nationals who now live in the western Indian states of Rajasthan and
Gujarat.
Mr Sodha said most of these people had travelled to India on valid
travel documents, but they refused to go back because they feared
religious persecution.
The government said district magistrates of states bordering
Pakistan would be given the power to grant citizenship.