August 11, 2007
Honourable Chief Justice,
Supreme Court of Pakistan.
INJUSTICE / DISCRIMINATION AGAINST SCHEDULED CASTES
Respected My Lord,
First of all, for current performance of Judiciary I can shortly say “BRAVO, WELL
DONE AND CONGRATULATIONS”.
Now, some facts regarding the subject matter are hereby stated for sympathetic
consideration and order.
The castes doing laborious jobs were considered as the outcastes as per Hindu
Caste System in Sub Continent for thousand years and remained deprived of
social, educational and economic growth. And during 20th century reformers
sympathetically named all depressed castes as Harijans, Dalits, Adivasis,
Achhoots etc.
With the political support of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Maharaja of Kolhapur
depressed classes had accorded special incentive status under Govt. of India
Act-1935 in British Raj and brought a term "Schedule Castes" into use.
Subsequently it remained enforced in India and Pakistan after partition. In
Pakistan the cause of Scheduled castes was in principle protected by “Scheduled
castes ordinance 1956” under the constitution of 1956 and list containing 40
castes was given following main incentives.
• Reservation of 6% quota in jobs.
• Relaxation of 3 years in age for jobs.
That was neither properly observed nor extended but cancelled by 1990. Here
one can feel the gravity of injustice that when; before 1980s, people were not
educated, they had reserved seats and now they got educated, reserved seats
cancelled!!!
Religio-Caste based discrimination is in continuity in civil, cultural, religious,
education, employment, political and economical spheres in several forms
especially untouchablity and inequality made survival very difficult. Where the
women face more violence every day including physical assault, verbal abuse,
sexual harassment, rape, parading naked, kidnapping, abduction, forced
incarceration, medical negligence, forced religion conversion.
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