Hyderabad: December 8, 2011. (PCP) December 6th is the day to observe death anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar who fought untiringly for the downtrodden and credit for making a law and creating the necessary atmosphere to wipe out ¡¥Untouchability¡¦ from South Asia. He was the lion-hearted man who fought for equality, justice and humanity biggest giant like Birhmans and Land lords. A gathering of Dalits was organized by Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network to remark the day in Karachi. On the occasion Ms. Kalavanti Raja of Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network (PDSN) said that ¡§Dr. Ambedkar was a deep scholar and a determined fighter whose entire life was dedicated to great purpose of securing justice and equality to those people who are called ¡¥untouchalbes¡¦. No doubt he lived to see ¡¥untouchability¡¦ declared a crime.¡¨ She further added that ¡§Ambedkar felt that the ¡¥untouchales¡¦ had lost their individuality for centuries; it was impossible to wake up such people through speeches and slogans. He decided to revolt against the blind beliefs of the Caste System and he also argued that to wipe out casteism, political power was very necessary¡¨. Ambedkar was born on 14th April 1891, on the 15th of August 1947 he became the first Minister of Law in independent India, On 29 th August 1947, he was chosen Cahirman of committee to frame the Constitution of India and On 6th December 1956 he breathed his last. We warmly salute to thoughtful leaders of society have been trying for hundreds of years to wipe out ¡¥Untouchability¡¦. Buddha, Kabir, Chaitanya, and other great men preached that no one is high and no one is low among God¡¦s children. However, Sayyaji Rao Gaekwad, the Maharaja of Baroda established a school for the ¡¥untouchables¡¦ in 1883 and Seth Khushi Ram Daryao Mal of Shikarpur dedicated their lives to the education of the ¡¥untouchables in Sindh in 1950. In recent history of Sindh Mr. Rasool Bux Palijo has worked very practically to wipeout caste and religious hatred. He not only educated them with political theories as well as academic qualifications but also uplifted them to set on front seats of his party. Thousands of men and women of scheduled castes are members of Awami Tahreek. He handed over his offices and house in Hyderabad to Scheduled castes from Thar as hostels to receive education as well as he bounded them to cook food for him and other workers as living charges and Eating cooked food by Dalits he largely hit hard to the untouchabilty very practically. We also salute the Pakistani great ladies Ms. Marvi Sirmad, Farzana Bari, Asma Jahangir, Sherry Rehman, Seema kirmani, Anis Haroon, Mehnaz Rehman, Amar Sindhu, Arfana Mallah who always stood up in favour of Dalits and minorities. On August 15, 1944, the Qaid-e-Azam held a Press Conference in which he declared: "I wish to say a word to make the position of the Muslim League clear. As far as the Scheduled Castes and other minorities are concerned their just claims will have to be met before any complete settlement is achieved. I can tell my friends of the Scheduled Castes that at no time have I overlooked their interests and position and I may claim that in the past I have done all I could to help them, and I shall always stand for their protection and safeguard in any future scheme of constitution for I think that the wrongs and injustices inflicted on them for centuries should not be allowed to continue under any civilized form of government." Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah had assured the Dalits and other minorities that they would be given much better treatment than that in India and he appointed a Scheduled Castes politician from East Pakistan Mr. Jogender Nath Mandal as Pakistan's first Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs in Pakistan. After the Scheduled caste Declaration Act of 1957, Dalits were given reservations of 6 percent job quota but same have been transformed into minority reservations in 1997 by the Nawaz Sharif government, resulting into strengthening the already exploitative elements in the minority community. Presently Scheduled Castes of Pakistan have no special incentive by government to uplift them. We invite the attention of all intellectuals, political parties and human right activist to force Government to accord the laws to uplift Dalits by reserving quota in: ƒÞ Jobs in military, judiciary and all Government departments ƒÞ Seats in national, senate and provincial assemblies. ƒÞ Seats in higher educational institutions and scholarships for abroad studies ƒÞ Ownership in agricultural lands and housing schemes ƒÞ Distribution of Presidential and national awards Special attention is needed to women participation and empowerment.