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Pakistan Hindu council () is the representative body of all Hindus of Pakistan which was formed in the year 2005 by Ramesh Kumar Vankwani.
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The council champions the Hindu's minority rights and it has been in the news for raising these issues including against the kidnapping, rape and forced conversions of Hindu girls.
History
The Pakistan Hindu Council was founded by the Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, Hindu activist and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. It was registered in 2005.Mission and Organization
The Pakistan Hindu Council represents the Pakistani Hindu community on social and political issues and aims to protect the basic rights and freedoms, especially of worship and assembly, of Hindus all over Pakistan.PHC schools
Currently, Pakistan Hindu Council is running 17 schools acrossTharparkar District
Tharparkar (Dhatki/ sd, ٿرپارڪر, ur, ), also known as Thar, is a district in Sindh province in Pakistan headquartered at Mithi. Before Indian independence it was known as the Thar and Parkar district.
The district is the largest in Sin ...
, where as many as 1200 students are getting an education.
Mass wedding
The Pakistan Hindu Council organises mass wedding for poor Hindu couples annually. Around 1,100 couples have tied the knot through these ceremonies over the last eleven years.Governing body
The governing body has 15 seats, contested by the Hindus all over the Pakistan.56 candidates to contest Pakistan Hindu Council elections/ref>
Minority Rights
The council champions the Hindu's minority rights and it has been in the news for raising these issues including against the kidnapping, rape and forced conversions of Hindu girls.
Praise
The Pakistan Hindu Council has about 2,000 Hindu members, of which seven are from the scheduled caste.See also
*Dalit Sujag Tehreek
The Dalit Sujag Tehreek (DST) is a movement and organisation representing the scheduled caste Hindu communities in Pakistan. Its core committee consists of 21 persons from different scheduled caste Hindu communities like Kolhi, Bheel, Meghwar, O ...
*Hinduism in Pakistan
Hinduism is the second largest religious affiliation in Pakistan after Islam. While Hinduism was one of the dominant faiths in the region a few centuries back, today Hindus account for 2.14% of Pakistan's population or 4.4 million people accord ...
*Hindu and Buddhist architectural heritage of Pakistan
The Hindu, Buddhist and Jain architectural heritage of Pakistan is part of a long history of settlement and civilization in Pakistan. The Indus Valley civilization collapsed in the middle of the second millennium BCE and was followed by the Vedic ...
*Pakistan Hindu Panchayat
The Pakistan Hindu Panchayat (Urdu:پاکستان ہندو پنچایت ) (PHP) is the leading socio-political representative organization of the Hindu community in Pakistan.
Hindus of Pakistan
Hindus in Pakistan nowadays make 2% of the total ...
*Evacuee Trust Property Board
The Evacuee Trust Property Board, ( ur, ) a statutory board of the Government of Pakistan, is a key government department which administers evacuee properties, including educational, charitable or religious trusts left behind by Hindus and Sikh ...
*List of Hindu temples in Pakistan
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 Me ...
* Shri Hinglaj Mata temple
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* {{Hinduism in Pakistan Hindu organisations based in Pakistan Religious organizations established in 2005 Hindu organizations established in the 21st century