Prime Minister Imran Khan wishes Pakistani Hindu community happy Holi

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Hindu Council dedicate the Holi Festival to Pakistan National Day this year

To show solidarity with Hindu community during Holi festival, students of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro applying colours at each other.

Published: March 20, 2019 12:43
Ashfaq Ahmed, Associate Editor, Online

Dubai: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has sent his good wishes to the Hindu community on the occasion of their festival of Holi.

“Wishing our Hindu community a very happy and peaceful Holi, the festival of colours,” Imran said on his official twitter handle on Wednesday.


Imran Khan

✔@ImranKhanPTI

Wishing our Hindu community a very happy and peaceful Holi, the festival of colours.

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Holi marks the end of winter and the start of spring. This year, the Hindu community across the globe is celebrating the day on March 20.

Leaders and celebrities in Muslim dominated Pakistan this year have gone an extra mile to express good wishes and solidarity with the Hindu minority in Pakistan.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) also took to twitter to wish happy Holi to the community.



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Happy Holi to all my Hindu brothers & sisters. On the happy occasion of Holi, let us spread the wonderful massage of peace and happiness.

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“Happy Holi to all my Hindu brothers and sisters. On the happy occasion of Holi, let us spread the wonderful message of peace and happiness,” he tweeted.

Pakistani Hindu Council
The Pakistan Hindu Council has announced that it will dedicate the Holi to Pakistan National Day, which falls on March 23.

Dr Ramesh Kumar told the official news agency of Pakistan APP that the festival of colours rejuvenates the spirit of fun, freedom, love, respect and happiness to blend myths with religion to promote harmony.

Felicitating the Hindu community on the festival, he said it welcomes spring, brings joy, festivity and happiness for all sections of society and promotes celebration among all communities.

In Pakistan, the Hindu community celebrates the festival with a play of colours and also burns logs of wood to symbolise the victory of good over evil and observe Holi Pooja.



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Colors of #Holi at Krishna Mandir, Mithi #Sindh #Pakistan
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Minister’s sacking

Imran’s government has given special attention to protect the rights of minorities in Pakistan.

Imran recently sacked Information Minister of Punjab Fayyazul Choan for a ‘hate speech’ targeting Hindus

Though he apologised and explained that his remark was geared towards the Hindu community in India, it was not enough to save his skin.

Hindu Population in Pakistan


Ashar Jawad@AsharJawad

Happy Holi to everyone celebrating in Pakistan, India and elsewhere. One of the most beautiful and colourful festivals in the world, that originated from the ancient Prahalada Bhagat temple (far right) in Multan, Punjab, adjacent to the shrine of Sufi saint Shah Rukn-e-Alam.

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Though there are no exact official numbers available, the Pakistan Hindu Council says there are more than 8 million Hindus currently living in Pakistan.

They constitute about 4 per cent of the population of 220 million. They live primarily in the urban areas of the province of Sindh in the lower Indus valley and over half are concentrated in the south-east district of Tharparkar which borders India.

For the most part Hindus in Pakistan are well educated and active in commerce, trade and the civil service.



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Happy Holi And, In Advance, Happy Pakistan Day...

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According to the Council, approximately 94 per cent of Hindus live in Sindh Province, and more than 4 per cent live in Punjab Province of

Pakistan. A small portion of this population is settled in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces.



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#Holi hai!!!! ہولی مبارک

Wish all humanity lovers a Happy Holi!

May the colours of Holi spread the message of #love, #peace & #interfaith harmony in my motherland #Pakistan & across the globe.

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[graphican]

That is classic, PM Imran Khan wished Pakistani Hindus only, as if Indian Hindus are non-deserving and non appreciable.

 

[El Sidd]

 

[Dubious]

Hindus across the country are dedicating this Holi to Pakistan
March 20, 2019

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Radha and the Gopis celebrating Holi, circa 1788, Kangra, India. The painting is placed at the Victoria Albert Museum. Photo: Victoria Albert Museum

The Pakistan Hindu Council has announced that it is dedicating this Holi to Pakistan. The festival is being celebrated today (Wednesday) as per the Hindu lunar calendar.

The Pakistan Hindu Council, in connection with Holi and Pakistan Day, will hold a colourful mega event on Wednesday at the Shri Panchumukhi Hanuman Temple in Karachi’s Soldier Bazaar. The event will start at 6:30pm and end at 10:30pm.

According to a press release issued on March 10, a large number of Pakistani Hindu families will hold national flags aloft to demonstrate their love for Pakistan.

“The Pakistani Hindu community has decided to celebrate this Holi in a very unique way,” Pakistan Hindu Council Patron-in-Chief Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani told the media.

“This year’s Holi festival will acknowledge the noble achievements of Quaid-e-Azam and our elders to organize historic the Lahore Jalsa on March 23, 1940 to pass the Pakistan Resolution.”

He appealed to everyone to actively participate in Holi celebrations, emphasizing that their presence would deliver a positive message to show solidarity with non-Muslim minorities, promote interfaith harmony, strengthen patriotic zeal and represent a diverse Pakistani society according to Quaid-e-Azam ‘s vision.

The Pakistan Hindu Council has also passed a unanimous resolution against Indian aggression and vowed to support the Pakistan Army in its defence of the country.

“Every year the Holi festival reminds us of the victory of the good over evil. Also known as the festival of colours, it is celebrated all across the world and with every passing year, it is increasing popularity among all faiths,” reads the resolution.

Prime Minister Imran Khan also extended his wishes to the Hindu community on Wednesday.


Imran Khan

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PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also wished them.



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Hindus celebrate the festival with powdered colours and also burn wood logs to symbolise the victory of good over evil and observe Holi Pooja.

Holi is considered as one of the most revered and celebrated festivals in Hinduism. It is also called as the “festival of love” as on this day people get to unite together forgetting all resentments and all types of bad feeling towards each other.


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Happy Holi

Avatar 2 poster leaked.

 

[Dubious]

That is classic, PM Imran Khan wished Pakistani Hindus only, as if Indian Hindus are non-deserving and non appreciable.

He wished his people....he is afterall only accountable for them...

 

[I S I]

That is classic, PM Imran Khan wished Pakistani Hindus only, as if Indian Hindus are non-deserving and non appreciable.

Saari dunya ke hinduo ka theka lia hai kya humne?

 

[El Sidd]

Saari dunya ke hinduo ka theka lia hai kya humne?

Indus = Hindus

Why not?

So handsome

 

[Mentee]

Wish you a happy holi guys and gals
@Levina @Grevion @Robinhood Pandey @Nilgiri @Joe Shearer @MilSpec @SorryNotSorry

 

[313ghazi]

I think for ethnic minorities in Pakistan, we should allow them to take their religious holidays off as paid leave, rather than having to take it out of their holiday allowance (obviously this only is for salaried class).

I think it would be a nice iniciative. As an ethnic minority in the UK, i would certainly consider it a good deed.

 

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Good to see at least some minorities are considered human enough to be mentioned in a positive light by the PM.

 

[Maarkhoor]

Good to see at least some minorities are considered human enough to be mentioned in a positive light by the PM.

Agreed we should congratulate Ahmadiya community as well, did you have any festival according to your religion?

 

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✔@BBhuttoZardari
Happy Holi to all my Hindu brothers & sisters. On the happy occasion of Holi, let us spread the wonderful massage of peace and happiness.

yup massage of peace and happiness. surely with a happy ending. he a big boi now....

Agreed we should congratulate Ahmadiya community as well, did you have any festival according to your religion?

first they should accept they are a minority as per Pakistan constitution which they don't accept it so...

mods not diverting the topic only replying to a comment. just clarifying before i get tagged with an ahmadia-phobic label.

 

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Agreed we should congratulate Ahmadiya community as well, did you have any festival according to your religion?

Queen of England’s birthday

 

[SorryNotSorry]

Wish you a happy holi guys and gals
@Levina @Grevion @Robinhood Pandey @Nilgiri @Joe Shearer @MilSpec @SorryNotSorry

Happy Holi to you too veere!