Missing Hindu girl’s kin in Pak want her found EC TO IMPLEMENT SC ORDER ON GIVING RESERVED SEATS TO PTI

— Reuters

Karachi, July 20: Parents of a Hindu girl who went missing in Pakistan’s Sindh province in 2021 have staged a protest in Karachi city, seeking her recovery after her ‘mysterious’ disappearance.

Priya Kumari was seven years old when she disappeared mysteriously on August 19, 2021, while serving sherbet to a Muharram Ashura procession near her house in Sangrar, a small town near Sukkur in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province.

Her grief-stricken and tired parents, Raj Kumar Pal and his wife Veena

Kumari, staged a protest on Friday at the famous Teen Talwar landmark in Karachi’s Clifton area to remind people that their daughter had still not been recovered.

“They have again promised us that they are searching for our daughter, and she will be recovered soon,” Raj said.

The parents called off their protest after Sindh home minister, Zia Langrove, and Inspector General of Police, Javed Odho, came to meet them and assured them that a fullfledged Joint Investigation Team (JIT) was working on the case.

Odho said that even after the formation of the JIT, no witness remembers what happened to the little girl.

“But the JIT is working day and night to solve this case, and we will have an answer soon,” he said.

Even after three years of Priya’s disappearance, there is no clue of her whereabouts. No witness remembers seeing her disappear despite a sizeable crowd around during the Ashura procession.

Sindh has a substantial Hindu community.

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— AFP

Islamabad, July 20: Pakistan’s election commission will implement the Supreme Court’s order on allotting reserved seats to jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party, a media report said.

Last week, a 13-member full bench of the Supreme Court, in a key 8-5 judgment, ruled that 71-yearold Khan’s PTI party was eligible for the seats reserved for women and minorities in the National

— AP

Assembly and provincial assemblies.

The PTI will become the largest party in the National Assembly as its seats will soar from 86 to 109 after it gains 23 seats reserved for women and minorities. The Election Commission of Pakistan said the decision to implement the apex court's order was taken after the electoral body held two meetings on Thursday and Friday. . — PTI