HYDERABAD: Sindh Minister for Minorities Affairs Giyan Chand Essarani inaugurated a prayer hall in Bethany Church in the Hur compound area here on Thursday.

The hall’s construction scheme was completed by the Sindh government’s minorities affairs department. Pastor Akram Aleem, Shakeel Sardar, Pastor Javed Bhatti, Salamat Ghani, Munwar Iqbal and other dignitaries of the Christian community were present at the inauguration.

The minister said the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) believed in serving people without discrimination and added that on the special directives of PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the Sindh government had planned schemes for the welfare of minorities. Develop-ment of Hindu, Sikh, Christian and Parsi communities was part of the PPP’s manifesto, he said. Mr Essarani said the Sindh Non-Muslim Welfare Commi-ttee was formed with 30 members for welfare plans.

Published in Dawn, December 30th, 2022