<p class="title">Krishna Kumari Kolhi from Pakistan's Sindh province has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman Senator in the Muslim-majority country, according to a media report on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Krishna, 39, from Thar is a member of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari-led Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).</p>.<p class="bodytext">She won the election for the reserved seat for women from Sindh province, 'Dawn News' reported.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Her election represents a major milestone for women and minority rights in Pakistan. Earlier, PPP had elected first Hindu woman named Ratna Bhagwandas Chawla as a senator.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Krishna belongs to a remote village in Nagarparkar district of Thar in Sindh province.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Born to a poor peasant, Jugno Kolhi, in February 1979, Krishna and her family members spent nearly three years in a private jail owned by the landlord of Kunri of Umerkot district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She was a Class III student at the time when held captive.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She was married to Lalchand at the age of 16 when she was studying in Class IX.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, she pursued her studies and in 2013 she did masters in sociology from the Sindh University.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She had joined the PPP as a social activist along with her brother, who was later elected as chairman of Union Council Berano.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Krishna also actively participated and worked for the rights of downtrodden people of marginalised communities living in Thar and other areas.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She is from the family of the valiant freedom fighter Rooplo Kolhi, who had waged a war against the invading British colonialist forces when they had attacked Sindh from Nagarparkar side in 1857.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Subsequently, he was arrested and hanged by the Britishers on August 22, 1858.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan's ruling PML-N of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday won 15 seats in Senate and became the largest party in the Upper House of Parliament, according to the provisional results.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Provincial and federal lawmakers voted to elect 52 Senators in the Senate elections, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Twelve seats each from Punjab and Sindh, 11 each from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, four from tribal region and two from federal capital territory were up for grab due to retirement of 52 senators this month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">More than 130 candidates, including those nominated by political parties and independent candidates were in the contest. </p>
<p class="title">Krishna Kumari Kolhi from Pakistan's Sindh province has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman Senator in the Muslim-majority country, according to a media report on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Krishna, 39, from Thar is a member of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari-led Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).</p>.<p class="bodytext">She won the election for the reserved seat for women from Sindh province, 'Dawn News' reported.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Her election represents a major milestone for women and minority rights in Pakistan. Earlier, PPP had elected first Hindu woman named Ratna Bhagwandas Chawla as a senator.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Krishna belongs to a remote village in Nagarparkar district of Thar in Sindh province.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Born to a poor peasant, Jugno Kolhi, in February 1979, Krishna and her family members spent nearly three years in a private jail owned by the landlord of Kunri of Umerkot district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She was a Class III student at the time when held captive.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She was married to Lalchand at the age of 16 when she was studying in Class IX.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, she pursued her studies and in 2013 she did masters in sociology from the Sindh University.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She had joined the PPP as a social activist along with her brother, who was later elected as chairman of Union Council Berano.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Krishna also actively participated and worked for the rights of downtrodden people of marginalised communities living in Thar and other areas.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She is from the family of the valiant freedom fighter Rooplo Kolhi, who had waged a war against the invading British colonialist forces when they had attacked Sindh from Nagarparkar side in 1857.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Subsequently, he was arrested and hanged by the Britishers on August 22, 1858.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan's ruling PML-N of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday won 15 seats in Senate and became the largest party in the Upper House of Parliament, according to the provisional results.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Provincial and federal lawmakers voted to elect 52 Senators in the Senate elections, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Twelve seats each from Punjab and Sindh, 11 each from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, four from tribal region and two from federal capital territory were up for grab due to retirement of 52 senators this month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">More than 130 candidates, including those nominated by political parties and independent candidates were in the contest. </p>