Hari Ram Explained

Hari Ram
Office:Provincial Minister of Sindh for Minorities Affairs
Term Start:19 August 2018
Term End:11 August 2023
Office1:Provincial Minister of Sindh for Social Welfare
Term Start1:19 August 2018
Term End1:11 August 2023
Office2:Provincial Minister of Sindh for Prisons
Term Start2:19 August 2018
Term End2:11 August 2023
Office3:Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Term Start3:13 August 2018
Term End3:11 August 2023
Constituency3:PS-47 (Mirpur Khas-I)
Office4:Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Term Start4:March 2012
Term End4:March 2018
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan People's Party

Hari Ram Kishori Lal (Urdu: {{nq|ہری رام کشوری لال) is a Pakistani Hindu politician from Sindh. A five-time legilslator to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, Ram was one of the first non-Muslims to win a non-reserved constituency in a Pakistani province in 2018 (alongside Giyanoo Mal, the first being Mahesh Kumar Malani in 2013). He served in the Senate from 2012 to 2018.

Early life

Ram was born on 29 May 1952 in Mirpurkhas.[1] A landlord, he did not study beyond high school.

Political career

Ram won four consecutive elections to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1988, 1990, 1993, and 1997 as one of the five representatives of the local Hindu community; he did not have any political affiliation.[2] In 2012, he was elected to the Senate of Pakistan from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on the sole seat reserved for minorities from Sindh.[3]

In 2018, he was elected to the Provincial Assembly from Mirpur Khas-I, becoming one of the first non-Muslims to win a non-reserved constituency in any provincial assembly of Pakistan.[4] [5] He was inducted into Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah's cabinet, and made the Minister for Minorities Affairs with the additional portfolios of Social Welfare, and Prison.[6]

Personal life

Ram has a son.[7] On 21 May 2021, he suffered a cardiac arrest while attending a ministerial meeting.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile . www.pas.gov.pk . Provincial Assembly of Sindh . 16 September 2018 . 10 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230610150014/http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/32/666 . dead .
  2. Detailed Results of Elections to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh . Undated. Election Commission of Pakistan
  3. News: PPP dominates Senate elections. 28 January 2018. www.geo.tv. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180128154748/https://www.geo.tv/latest/40747-ppp-dominates-senate-elections. 28 January 2018.
  4. News: Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies . Samaa TV . live . 3 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083521/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ . 2018-07-29.
  5. News: 29 May 2021 . Pakistan election: Muslim-majority areas elect 3 Hindu candidates in Sindh . Business Standard India .
  6. News: Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah picks his 10-member cabinet . 19 August 2018 . DAWN.COM . 19 August 2018.
  7. Web site: Correspondent . The Newspaper's . 2020-06-08 . Minister's son, guard and driver injured in accident . 2022-12-21 . DAWN.COM . en.
  8. Web site: 2021-05-21 . Sindh Food Minister Kishori Lal suffers heart attack . 2022-12-21 . Daily Times . en-US.