A delegation of Mohajirs and representatives of Pashtun, Baloch and Hazara communities held a detailed meeting with US Congressman Rob Wittman here on Friday (local time) to brief him about the human rights violations and discrimination being faced by their communities in Pakistan.The group was led by the Voice of Karachi and South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation Chairman Nadeem Nusrat. He particularly pointed out the "devastating economic and social impact of the highly discriminatory quota system" in urban Sindh that has forced the majority urban population out of government jobs and admissions in public educational institutions since the 1970s."You could find people of Lahore and Rawalpindi and other cities in their local police. But you'd find it hard to find the citizens of Karachi, Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas in their cities' local police and other law enforcement agencies," Nadeem Nusrat told the US lawmaker."Persistent and organized rigging in the census and electoral ...
