KARACHI: Bharati officials and people have adopted more atrocious ways to .
fleece hundreds of Muslim refugees who are daily fleeing from the persecution in Bharat into Pakistan through Khokropar. On Sunday [Sept 5] alone 526 Muslims crossed over. Spies and forged Pakistani currency are also being sent into the country by ... parties across the border. The previous methods of looting money and personal effects of the refugees are mere child’s play as compared to the present practices such as extortion of money by branding with red hot iron rods, issuing ... railway receipts for thrice the correct amount, etc.
The 3,000 refugees waiting for transportation at Kholcropar had similar stories of persecution and harassment to tell to the newsmen, who visited the border station ... along with ... [the] Pal(istan Minister for Refugees.
The majority of the refugees had come to Pal(istan because of the religious intolerance of the Hindus and the obnoxious evacuee property legislation. No property was considered too small for confiscation which itself was determined more by the whim of the officials and Hindus than by law. Staff correspondent