Pushpa Kumari Kohli is the first Hindu woman to become a police officer in Pakistan. She was posted as
Assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) in
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
province after she passed the provincial competitive examination through
Sindh Public Service Commission
The Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) is a provincial agency of Government of Sindh that is responsible for recruiting civil servants and bureaucrats for the Government of Sindh.
History
The Public Service Commission was set up for the ...
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Early life
Pushpa Kumari Kohli was born 1990 in Kohli scheduled caste
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
family. She grew up in a middle-class family in the Samaro town in the
Mirpurkhas District
Mirpur Khas District ( sd, ضلعو ميرپورخاص, ur, ) is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is Mirpur Khas.
Administrative divisions
The district of Mirpur Khas is sub-divided into 7 tehsils:
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of Sindh Province. Her father runs a grocery store and her mother works as a family planning officer in population welfare department.
Education
Pushpa Kumari graduated in from
Dow University of Health Sciences
The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) is a public medical university located in the Urban metropolitan area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was founded by Sir Hugh Dow, the then Governor of Sindh, in 1945.
The university comprises two h ...
in critical care in 2014.
Career
Pushpa worked in the NGO Marie Stopes Society in hometown Samaro. Later she joined the medical field. Till 2018, Pushpa Kumari worked as an intensive care unit (ICU) technologist at the Benazir Bhutto Accident and Emergency Trauma Centre. In 2018, she applied for the vacant Assistant sub-Inspector post in 2018 and wrote the competitive public service commission exam in January 2019, which age qualified and became
Assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI).
Personal life
Pushpa Kumari is married to Narain Das, who works as a supervisor for Bahria Town. They are currently living in Karachi. She believes that inspiring from her other girls and women will decide to join daring career choices like police, army, air force or navy.
See also
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Krishna Kohli
Krishna Kumari Kohli ( sd, ڪرشنا ڪماري ڪولھي ; born 1 February 1979), also known by the nickname Kishoo Bai, is a Pakistani politician who has been the member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2018. She is the second Hindu wo ...
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Mangla Sharma
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Veeru Kohli Veeru Kohli (born 1964) is a Pakistani bonded labor and human rights activist. She is known for starting to campaign against slavery after twenty years of living in bondage herself.
Personal life
She was born to a poor Hindu scheduled caste agricu ...
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Suman Kumari
Suman Pawan Bodani is a Pakistani judge. She and Diana Kumari are the first Hindu women to become judges in Pakistan. She is currently serving in her native district Qambar Shahdadkot.
Career
Suman Kumari earned her master's degree in Law from t ...
References
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Pakistani Hindus
People from Mirpur Khas District
Sindhi people
Pakistani women police officers
Living people
1990 births