Hari Ram | |
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Provincial Minister of Sindh for Minorities Affairs | |
In office 19 August 2018 – 11 August 2023 | |
Provincial Minister of Sindh for Social Welfare | |
In office 19 August 2018 – 11 August 2023 | |
Provincial Minister of Sindh for Prisons | |
In office 19 August 2018 – 11 August 2023 | |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh | |
In office 13 August 2018 – 11 August 2023 | |
Constituency | PS-47 (Mirpur Khas-I) |
Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
In office March 2012 – March 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan People's Party |
Hari Ram Kishori Lal ( Urdu: 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). [a]
He served in the Senate from 2012 to 2018.
Ram was born on 29 May 1952 in Mirpurkhas. [1] A landlord, he did not study beyond high school. [1]
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] [b]
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. [a] [5] [6] 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. [7]
Ram has a son. [8] On 21 May 2021, he suffered a cardiac arrest while attending a ministerial meeting. [9]