Pakistan's Minorities Citizens

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Pathan Sikhs from Peshawar
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Pakistan's Portuguese wonder : Magic fingers

Ralph D’Aranjo is one such person. Ralph is not only an experienced guitarist, he is also a member of Pakistan’s tiny Portuguese community *— a community that has made an enormous contribution to the establishment and running of missionary schools all over the country.

In Pakistan’s early days, Portuguese artists were quite active on the music scene too, but as time went on, many of these maestros either passed away or emigrated.

Ralph, however, has been playing classical guitar for over 50 years, and has no intention of going anywhere. He is also in the unique position of being the only musician who has played (under one contract) in a five-star hotel in Pakistan for over thirty years.

 

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There seems to be a lot of minorities in PAF compared to the Navy and Army.

List of all known christian heros of the Pakistan Air Force:

Eric Hall, group captain

Air Commodore Nazir Latif

Wing Commander Mervyn Leslie Middlecoat

Group captain Cecil Chaudhry

Squadron Leader Peter Christy

...I salute every single one of them...

 

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Karachi

 

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Chandra Kup near Ormara

The devotees are performing rituals around crater of LORD SHANKARA mountain.

Within a radius of about 1 kilometer, there exist three volcanic muddy mountains which all are considered sanctified by the Hindu followers and are named after LORD SHIVA, LORD PARVATI and LORD SHANKARA (the one seen here is for LORD SHANKARA).

HINGLAJ YATRA is the most sacred visit that the Hindu community living in Pakistan and around the globe perform every year and which activity takes place in Baluchistan, some 280 kilometers away from Karachi.

Earlier this ritual was comprising over 13 stopovers (پڑاؤ) and 25 Pujas ( تیرتھہ استھان) which have limited nowadays to only 3 stopovers (پڑاؤ) and 7 Pujas ( تیرتھہ استھان).

The one inset here is the 2nd one stopover (پڑاؤ) of this YATRA and is called CHANDAR KHUP which is 300 feet highest volcanic muddy mountain which erupts mud out of its crater. According to Hindu belief it is named after lord Shiva and the Hindu community visit this place and perform PUJA and rituals by which they throw coconut, beetle nuts, coins and others things to keep this eruption calm.

Photo: Muhammad Bashir Osman

 

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*Mr Dev Aanand*
From Hindu community Of Pakistan Commissioned As Pilot Officer In The Pakistan Airforce.
He Passed Out Today at the prestigious PAF Academy, Asghar Khan, Risaplur.
Great ...

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555th Jayanti of Baba Guru Nanak: SBP to issue Rs55 commemorative coin​

Recorder Report
November 23, 2024

KARACHI: Following the directives of the federal government, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to issue Rs 55 Commemorative Coin on the 555th Jayanti of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

The coin is being issued through the exchange counters of all the field offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation from November 22, 2024.

According to SBP on the auspicious occasion of 555th Jayanti of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, commemorative coin of Rs55 denomination with metal composition of Nickel-Brass, Cu 79 percent, Zn 20 percent & Ni one percent wit dimension of 30.0mm and 13.5 grams weight.

SBP is heir to diverse religious denominations; Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji, founder of Sikh faith tradition, is one of the finest sons to blossom out of the land now constituting Pakistan. Sikh faith is a worldwide religion with millions of adherents; the holiest shrines are located in Pakistan.

OBVERSE: On the obverse side the waxing crescent moon and five-pointed star facing North-West in rising position, is in the centre. Along with periphery on the top of crescent star is inscribed in wording “ISLAMI JAMHURIA PAKISTAN” in Urdu Script. Below the crescent and on the top of two springs of wheat with arms curved upward, there is the year of issuance 2024. The face value of coin in numeral “55” in bold letters and RUPIA in Urdu script are written on the right and left sides of crescent star respectively.

REVERSE: On the reverse side of the coin, picture of monument of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji is shown in the centre. The wording “555th Birthday Celebrations” is written on the top of the monument and “SRI GURU NANAK DEV JI” is written at the bottom of the monument whereas “1469-2024” is written along with the periphery at the bottom of the coin depicting the span of birthday celebrations.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2024

 

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Rajender Meghwar has become Pakistan’s first Hindu Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) officer after he assumed charge of his office in Faisalabad.

Meghwar, a young guy from a remote region of Sindh, Badin, is posted as an assistant superintendent of police (ASP) at Faisalabad Police, Gulberg. After clearing the CSS exams, he joined the police department.

 

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A jewish rabbi of #Karachi with his son in the 50s

کراچی کا ایک یہودی ربی اپنے بیٹے کے ہمراہ پچاس کی دہائی میں​

 

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Mithi: The Largest Hindu City in Pakistan’s Thar Desert​

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Hindu community celebrates Holi in Rawalpindi​

Aamir Yasin
March 14, 2025

RAWALPINDI: The Hindu community on Thursday celebrated Holi, the festival of colours. More than 50 families gathered at Krishna Temple in Saddar and Priest Jai Ram led the religious rituals of the day.

Young and old alike came out and splashed colours on each other. The function started with prayers (Pooja) of Krishna, Ram, Durga and Hanuman. The celebrations were followed by distribution of sweets and fruits.

Before the function, the Hindu community prayed for the prosperity of the country and countrymen. They prayed that the festival of colours may bring peace, prosperity and brotherhood.

“Though breaking of an earthen pot full of milk and cream is associated with the birthday of Lord Krishna, this time we hanged the earthen pot full of colours as Lord Krishna also celebrated the Holi this way,” said Sardar Heera, chairman of Pakistan Hindu-Sikh Social Welfare Council, while talking to Dawn.

He said the Hindu community living in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad arrived at Krishna Mandir to celebrate Holi. Throwing colours on each other was to celebrate the spring season and end differences within the community.

 

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Priest Jai Ram explained that Hindus celebrated Holi, which is one of the biggest festivals in the Hindu calendar. He said Holi symbolised the victory of good over evil, and colours were thrown at each other as a sign of celebration and victory of God.

He said there was a Raja namely Hiranyakashipu in Multan who presented himself as god before the people. However, his son Prahad refused to admit him as a god. He said Prahad was a staunch devotee of Vishnu. T

he Raja asked his sister Holika, who was believed to have been gifted with the power that she would not burn when she wore her clock, to carry Prahad into the great fire lit for the purpose. However, Holika was burnt and Prahad escaped due to the blessings of Hindu god Vishnu.

Due to this great escape, the Hindus throughout the world celebrate Holi. Jai Ram said the tradition of playing with colours on Holi draws its roots from a legend of Radha and the Hindu god Krishna as both also celebrated this festival.

Published in Dawn, March 14th, 2025

 

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Splashing colours brings joy on Holi​

Shazia Hasan
March 14, 2025

Women share joyous moments during Holi celebrations at Shri Swaminarayan Mandir. — Shakil Adil / White Star

KARACHI: The full moon and harvest time, when the agriculture fields are lush with bright yellow mustard flowers swaying in the breeze, was also an occasion for the Hindu community to celebrate the Holi, the festival of colour.

As members of the Hindu community arrived in huge numbers at the main gate of the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir on Thursday, the big ground behind the temple echoed with laughter and exclamations of delight. “Happy Holi!” “Holi Hai!”

Right in the middle of the big ground, the firewood and hay Holi Mata, resembling a Native American teepee, was ready to be set ablaze. Families were taking rounds around it while praying as they sprinkled holy water.

Newly-married couples and new mothers with their metal thalis that had a coconut, incense sticks, a small diya and some fruit and sweets, along with different powdered colours such as red, pink, yellow, blue, purple and green, carried out the puja rituals.

It was quite a challenge for Khushi, a young mother, to control Aradhya and Yuvika, her two little girls, who had arrived with balloons full of coloured water in a bucket.

“They plan to throw the water bombs on people and I can’t stop them,” the helpless mother told Dawn. She, in fact, became her mischievous daughters’ first victim. Drenched to the skin, she also couldn’t be mad at them.

There was also young Kartik, who was regretting not having a water cannon, they called a pichkari, to drench people. “They were being sold near the main gate and we offered to buy him one before coming to the ground but he did not want it then,” said Kavita, his mother. “Now after seeing so many children playing with pichkari, he is asking him to also buy him one,” his father Mukesh Kumar added, smiling and shaking his head.