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Hindus in Pakistan are primarily concentrated in Sindh, where the majority of Hindu enclaves are found. [17] . They speak a variety of languages such as Sindhi, Seraiki, Aer, Dhatki, Gera, Goaria, Gurgula, Jandavra, Kabutra, Koli, Loarki, Marwari, Vaghri, [18] and Gujarati. [19] .
Aug 4, 2020 · At independence in 1947, Hindus composed 20.5 percent of the population of the areas that now form Pakistan. In the following decades, the percentage shrank rapidly, and by 1998 — the last...
Feb 2, 2024 · Ratna Bhagwandas Chawla, Jogendra Nath Mandal, and Saveera Parkash, all prominent Hindus in Pakistani politics. Saveera Parkash, a 25-year-old doctor, will be the first Hindu woman to contest upcoming elections from the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.
Jun 9, 2022 · Pakistan is home to 22,10,566 people from the minority Hindu community, comprising only 1.18 per cent of the country's total registered population of 18,68,90,601, according to a report by the Centre for Peace and Justice Pakistan.
Nov 7, 2022 · Around 4 million Hindus live in Pakistan, or about 1.9% of the country’s population, and 1.4 million are in Sindh. There is no ban on Hindu worship in Pakistan, but Hindus say openly...
Oct 23, 2020 · The region's more than 2 million Hindus live mostly peaceful lives among their Muslim neighbors, but in recent years reports of forced conversions and migration to India have highlighted the...
May 29, 2019 · Hindus comprise around 1.6–2.9 percent of Pakistan’s overall population, and 90 percent of them live in the province of Sindh. The study of Hinduism in Pakistan, therefore, needs to take the sociopolitical and economic particularities of Sindh into account.
The major Hindu temples in Pakistan are Shri Hinglaj Mata temple (whose annual Hinglaj Yatra is the largest Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan, which is participated by more than 250,000 pilgrims), Shri Ramdev Pir temple (whose annual Ramdevpir Mela in the temple is the second largest Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan, Umarkot Shiv Mandir (famous for its ...
Jan 12, 2021 · A century-old sacred Hindu shrine in Pakistan was destroyed by a Muslim mob in December - the second ransacking and desecration of the holy site. Pakistan's Supreme Court has issued an...
Nov 7, 2022 · Around 4 million Hindus live in Pakistan, or about 1.9% of the country’s population, and 1.4 million are in Sindh. There is no ban on Hindu worship in Pakistan, but Hindus say openly practicing the faith is not a matter of routine.
