Mai Jindo

Mai Jindo (born 1942) is a laborer woman from Tando Bahawal whose two sons and son-in-law were killed by Pakistani Security Forces along with seven other villagers in 1992 of farmers involved in a land dispute. This incident also known as Tando Bahawal incident. Mai Jindo fought hard for justice. Two of her daughters, Hakimzadi and Zaibunissa, self-immolatedin order to get the authorities to take up their brothers' cases. a contingent of Pakistani Security Forces, led by Major Arshad Jameel, raided the village of Tando Bahawal, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Sindh, kidnapped nine villagers and later shot them dead on the bank of the Indus River near Jamshoro.

Hakimzadi and Zaibunissa

On 11 September 1996, two daughters of Mai Jindo, Hakimzadi, and Zaibunissa set themselves afire to protest delays in the execution of Major Arshad Jamil, convicted of murdering their brothers and seven other villagers. They were hospitalized in critical condition and both later died.

Court-martial After a long and painful struggle by Mai Jindo and her two self-immolated daughters, the Army dismissed Major Arshad Jamil and tried him by court-martial. He was sentenced to death in October 1996. The 15 soldiers who were under his command at the time of the incident were also permanently expelled from the Army. The Chief of Army Staff Jehangir Karamat confirmed the conviction and sentence and the President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari rejected a mercy petition. Previously in October 1995, Arshad Jameel filled an appeal petition with the Supreme Court of Pakistan, but his petition was dismissed. Major Arshad Jamil was hanged in Hyderabad Central Jail on 28 October 1996.