Minority Affairs Department, Sindh

The Minorities Affairs Department is a department of the Government of Sindh, Pakistan. It was established in the 1995 with the Religious Affairs, Auqaf, Zakat and Ushr Department, but became a separate department in 2010.[1]

The most notable Secretary of the Sindh Government Minorities Affairs Department is Mr. Muhammad Iqbal Memon a senior and a well reputed officer of the elite Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) ex-DMG. [2]. During his tenure of Secretary of the department he was also an Official Member the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), Government of Pakistan.[3] Under his Secretaryship the Kartarpur Corridor was inaugurated; hailed by many countries and deemed as a historical event.

The department was created to safeguard the rights of minorities and facilitates in the formulation of policies, planning, coordination, evaluation and review of the regulatory framework.[4][5]


See also
  • Minorities in Pakistan
  • Punjab human rights and minorities affairs department

References
  1. "Minority Affairs Department Govt of Sindh". Sindh.gov.pk. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  2. "Minority Affairs Department Govt of Sindh". Sindh.gov.pk. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  3. https://www.etpb.gov.pk/board-members/. Retrieved 2019-09-20. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Minority Affairs Department Govt of Sindh". Sindh.gov.pk. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  5. "Minority Affairs Department Govt of Sindh". Sindh.gov.pk. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
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