In Umarkot, just days after Dr. Shahnawaz Kumbhar’s murder, inflammatory speeches were made, warning Hindus to “remain silent or face destruction.” The Sindh authority and the police, predictably, did nothing to stop these hate-filled calls to violence. No arrests were made, neither of the police officers who allowed the mob to kill Dr. Kumbhar, nor of the religious leaders inciting further hatred. This silence from the authorities is damning — it reveals the deep-seated rot within Pakistan’s institutions, where law enforcement and religious extremists work hand in hand to terrorize vulnerable communities.
Dr. Shahnawaz Kumbhar, a physician falsely accused of blasphemy, met a brutal end while in police custody in Mirpurkhas. The Sindh Police actively facilitated his gruesome murder at the hands of a frenzied mob that later set his body ablaze. This atrocity, while shocking, is emblematic of a much larger problem — Paki’s establishment has not only tolerated but nurtured an environment where fanatics thrive, openly threatening and brutalizing religious minorities with impunity.
Prem Kolhi, a Hindu man, risked his life to recover Dr. Kumbhar’s charred remains, a harrowing act of courage.
The Paki establishment, including the military and political elite, has actively supported and nurtured extremist elements that terrorize minorities. The Hindu community lives under constant fear, warned to keep quiet or suffer the same fate as Dr. Kumbhar. Their businesses, homes, and even their lives are at the mercy of mobs, who burn and destroy with impunity.
It is clear that the Pak Army state has no intention of protecting its religious minorities. Instead, it has created a monstrous system where fanatics rule the streets, and the police enable their terror. The brutal murder of Dr. Shahnawaz Kumbhar is just one more testament to the deadly consequences. And yet, the question remains — how long will the world allow Pakistan to continue this violent, unchecked persecution of its minorities?