Sandesh ( sd, سنديش, ur, سندیش) is the name of a

Sindhi language Sindhi ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status. It is also spoken by a further 1.7 million people in India, where it is a scheduled language, withou ...

newspaper in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

, notable for being the only newspaper catering to Pakistan's Hindu community. The paper was founded by Harji Lal, and Mukesh Meghwar and is sold at a price that is affordable to the impoverished rural Hindu community in

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

, which has however caused financial strain to its founder. The

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...

is based in the town of

Kotri Kotri ( sd, ڪوٽڙي, ur, ) is a city and the headquarters of the Kotri Taluka of Jamshoro District of Sindh province in Pakistan. Located on the right bank of the Indus River, it is the 29th largest city in Pakistan by population. Name The ...

and an Urdu version of the paper is planned.

External links

Pakistan's One Man Hindu Newspaper: The Message Is Peace

Article on BBC Urdu
* Urdu-language newspapers published in Pakistan Sindhi-language newspapers Hinduism in Sindh {{Pakistan-newspaper-stub