Mai Jindo

Mai Jindo (Sindhi: مائي جندو) (born 1942) was a laborer woman from Tando Bahawal whose two sons and son-in-law were killed by a Pakistan Army detachment along with seven other villagers in 1992 of farmers involved in a land dispute,.

[4] 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.

[5] After a long and painful struggle by Mai Jindo and her two self-immolated daughters, the Army dismissed Arshad Jamil and tried him by court-martial.

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.

[2] In 2006, District Nazim Kunwar Naveed Jamil distributed compensation cheques for Rs4.55 million among relatives of the victims of the Tando Bahawal carnage.