Thirty-nine-year-old Krishna Kumari Kohli is all set to get elected as the first-ever Hindu woman senator in Pakistan, the Muslim-majority South Asian country.
The ‘opposition’ Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has announced that it nominated Kohli for a Senate seat on minority from Sindh Assembly. In a statement, the PPP said that the Election Commission recently accepted the papers of Kohli, who is basically from a remote village in Thar’s Nagarparkar District. The election will be held on March 3.
Speaking at a press conference in Lahore over the weekend, a senior PPP spokesperson said: “Kohli will be the first-ever Dalit woman in Pakistan who becomes a Senator. The honour to nominate first-ever non-Muslim Senator is also enjoyed by the PPP, which elected a Dalit, Dr Khatumal Jeewan, as Senator in 2009 on a general seat. Likewise, Engineer Gianchand is the second Dalit to be elected as Senator in 2015 by the PPP also on a general seat.”

Kohli with her husband

The spokesperson also said: “With the election of Krishna Kohli and Anwar Laldean, a Christian worker of the party, the number of non-Muslims elected so far as Senators by the PPP would grow to six, an unmatched representation in the Upper House for minorities by any other political parties in the 70 years history of Pakistan.”
Kohli was born in a poor family. She was married to Lalchand at the age of 16. At that time, she was studying in ninth grade. Later in 2013, she pursued her studies and received a Master’s Degree in Sociology from Sindh University. Her great-grandfather Rooplo Kolhi was a freedom fighter, who was hanged by the British rulers on August 22, 1858.

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