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In a first, Hindu army officer promoted to rank of lieutenant colonel​

Dawn.com
February 25, 2022



This image shows newly promoted Lieutenant Colonel Kelash Kumar. — Photo courtesy: PTV

A Hindu officer of the Pakistan Army, Dr Kailash Kumar, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, it emerged on Friday.

State broadcaster Pakistan Television announced the development, adding that Kumar was the first Hindu officer to be promoted to the rank.

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Hindus celebrate Holi festival​

Festivities held at three historic temples in Pindi with simplicity

Our Correspondent
March 03, 2026

Holi celebration

RAWALPINDI: The Hindu community in Rawalpindi and Islamabad has begun celebrating the traditional two-day religious festival of Holi.

The festival was observed on Monday, March 2, at three temples in Rawalpindi with religious enthusiasm and reverence, while concluding ceremonies will be held on Tuesday, March 3.

Celebrations took place at Krishna Mandir in Saddar, the historic Balmik Mandir in Lal Kurti and the century-old Frere's Line temple. Due to the country's situation, the festival was observed with simplicity.

Hindu families visited the temples, religious songs were presented and prasad was distributed.


Girls and children threw six to seven types of colours at each other during the celebrations. Clothes of women, children and elders turned red, yellow, blue, green and orange as colours were applied to faces, arms, clothes and hair.

 

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"We are happy, safe and secure in Pakistan. Our main issue is the cremation ground. Land measuring two kanals should be allocated outside the city in a secure area for a cremation ground, temple and dharamshala," they said.

They added that Holi is celebrated annually at the arrival of spring according to the Hindu lunar calendar, symbolising the victory of good over evil. The festival marks the triumph of Prahlad over Holika and signifies the end of winter and the beginning of spring.

Holi is one of the major festivals of the subcontinent and conveys a message of love and renewal of relationships through colors. It is celebrated officially in India and Nepal, while in Pakistan the Hindu community celebrates it enthusiastically.

 

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Happy Holi to all. Let's enjoy with all love and peace.

#Holi2026

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Sikh community of Peshawar: Unlike most Sikhs who immigrated en masse to India during partition of the subcontinent in 1947, majority of Sikhs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa residing in areas such as Peshawar, Swat, Kurram, Orakzai and Khyber, chose to remain in Pakistan due to cultural reasons.

The Pashto language speaking Sikhs have a long-standing history in the region. They arrived here more than two centuries ago during the Sikh Period (1818 - 1849) and lived among the muslim Pashtun tribes along the Afghan frontier.

They were integrated into the tribal system and accepted as part of the 'Ulas' (whole tribe with its clans and sub clans) on the condition that they adhered to Pashtunwali, the Pashtun code of conduct.

Among various other distinctions, their turban-wearing style is notably unique and different from mainstream Sikhs. In Peshawar and surrounds they have set up local businesses contributing to the economy. Sikhs trade chiefly in the following professions: Cloth trade, Mobile Phone, Hikmat (Traditional medicine healers) and Cosmetics etc. They own many shops here. And Sikhs everywhere are generally known for their exceeding honesty and fairness in trade.

 

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