Hinduism in Pakistan Current Affairs, GK & News
Pakistan oepns Shawala Teja Singh temple in eastern city Sialkot for worship
Pakistan has opened a 1,000-year-old Hindu temple in eastern city Sialkot for worship for the first time since partition on the demand of the local Hindu community. The step was taken on the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The Shawala Teja Singh Temple in Dhaarowal was built by Sardar Teja Singh and closed during ..
Topics: Ayodhya dispute • Babri Masjid • Demolition of the Babri Masjid • Hinduism in Pakistan • In India • Islam in India • Mosques • Persecution of Hindus • religion • Religious riots
Krishna Kumari Kohli becomes first-ever Thari Hindu woman to be elected to Senate of Pakistan
Krishna Kumari Kohli has become the first-ever Thari Hindu woman to be elected to the Senate of Pakistan in March 2018 and chaired the session of the Upper House of Parliament on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (IWD-2019). She is known for her campaigns for women’s rights, against bonded labour, and against sexual ..
Topics: BBC 100 Women • Dalit • Hinduism in Pakistan • Kohli • Krishna Kohli • Krishna Kumari • Nagarparkar • Pakistani Hindus • Ratna Bhagwandas Chawla • Sindh • Subdivisions of Pakistan • Thari people
Sunita Parmar becomes first from minority community to contest assembly elections in Pakistan
Sunita Parmar, a Hindu woman in Sindh province, has created history by becoming the first from the minority community to contest the provincial assembly elections in Pakistan that are scheduled to be held on July 25. Parmar, who is from the Meghwar community will contest as an independent candidate for the Sindh Assembly constituency from ..
Topics: Arbab Ghulam Rahim • Bherulal Balani • Hinduism in Pakistan • Pakistani Hindus • Sindh • Subdivisions of Pakistan • Thari people • Tharparkar
After 60 years, Peshawar temple reopened
Prayers were offered the Goraknath Temple in Peshawar (built around 1823) who’s gates were reopened after 60 years following a Court order. The Peshawar High Court permitted the opening of the Gates and also permitting worship in the Temple. The Court refused to give control over the property to the family attempting to stake claim ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Topics: Anil Dalpat • Cricket • Cricketers • Danish Kaneria • Goraknath Temple • Hinduism in Pakistan • Pakistan • Pakistani Hindus • Provinces of Pakistan • Rana Bhagwandas • Sindh • Subdivisions of Pakistan