Hinduism in Pakistan Current Affairs, GK & News

Pakistan oepns Shawala Teja Singh temple in eastern city Sialkot for worship

July 31, 2019

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 ..

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Krishna Kumari Kohli becomes first-ever Thari Hindu woman to be elected to Senate of Pakistan

March 9, 2019

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 ..

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Sunita Parmar becomes first from minority community to contest assembly elections in Pakistan

July 8, 2018

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 ..

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After 60 years, Peshawar temple reopened

November 12, 2011

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 ..

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