Image Source : RAMESH SINGH ARORA (X) Ramesh Singh Arora, a Sikh Minister in Punjab province, with Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif.
Lahore: After having its first lady Chief Minister with Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Punjab province witnessed one other historic second as Ramesh Singh Arora grew to become the primary Sikh minister to take oath within the Muslim-majority provincial cupboard. Arora, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker, was elected to the provincial meeting for his third time period however it’s the first time he has acquired a ministry.
Arora hails from the Narowal district and has been allotted the minorities portfolio within the Punjab provincial cupboard, reported Geo News. Meanwhile, Khalil Tahir Sindhu, one other non secular minority member from Punjab, has additionally been inducted into the provincial cupboard alongside Arora. Sindhu has been assigned the portfolio of human rights.
Jailed former Prime Minster Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had additionally launched a Sikh MPA to the Punjab Assembly within the type of Mahendra Pal Singh, however he couldn’t return to the meeting in 2024 because the social gathering was unable to safe its quota of reserved seats.
Since 1970, varied political events or alliances, such because the PML-N, Pakistan Peoples Party, Islami Jamhoori Ittehad, Pakistan Muslim League Quaid, and PTI, have fashioned governments. However, the PML-N stands out as the one social gathering to convey the primary Sikh MPA to the home and embrace him within the cupboard.
Who is Ramesh Singh Arora?
Arora was born in Nankana Sahib and holds a postgraduate diploma in entrepreneurship and SME administration from Government College University in Lahore. His household has been related to the safety and welfare of Sikh holy websites at Kartarpur.
He grew to become the primary Sikh politician in Pakistan throughout his first time period within the Punjab provincial cupboard from 2013 to 2018. He beforehand served as the final secretary of the Pakistan Sikh Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC), a member of the National Commission for Minorities beneath the Ministry of National Harmony and a member of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) in Punjab.
The lawmaker has additionally vouched for the implementation of the Sikh Marriage Act and the institution of insurance policies to guard all minority teams. According to experiences, Arora’s brother Manjit Singh Pinka, was wished by India for the 1984 hijacking of IC 405, which ran from Srinagar to Lahore.
Maryam Nawaz turns into first lady CM
Maryam, the 50-year-old senior vice chairman of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) social gathering, made historical past by successful the chief ministerial elections amidst a walkout by lawmakers of former prime minister Imran Khan’s party-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), thus turning into the primary lady CM in Pakistan’s historical past.
The PML-N chief defeated Rana Aftab of the PTI-backed SIC to win the chief ministerial elections for the politically essential Punjab province, dwelling to 120 million folks. The PML-N chief stated she had seen onerous instances like imprisonment however was grateful to her opponents for making her sturdy. “But I will not seek revenge,” she stated, not directly referring to former Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar.
Maryam acquired 220 votes and gained the chief ministerial elections for the politically essential Punjab province, dwelling to 120 million folks. She defeated Rana Aftab of the PTI-backed SIC, who acquired no votes as his social gathering boycotted the election. The PTI dubbed her as ‘faux CM’ amid allegations of rigging, claiming she had misplaced by 800 votes.
Maryam was backed by PML-N allies, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q), and the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) as 103 SIC members took oath from its whole of The PML-N gained 137 seats whereas independents backed by Imran gained 113.
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