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56 Hindu
couples marry in Karachi
Sunday November 21, 2010 07:26:57 PM,
Awais Saleem,
IANS
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Islamabad:
Amid traditional songs and dances, 56 Hindu couples got married
Saturday night at a glittering mass wedding in Karachi organised
by the Pakistan-Hindu Council.
The couples belonged to Karachi as well as the interior parts of
Sindh where there is a sizeable Hindu population.
As many as 31 couples from Karachi and 25 from Sindh province
entered into wedlock. The event continued till early Sunday.
The Council set up separate mandaps for each wedding, where the
couples took sacred marriage vows in front of the holy fire.
Each couple was given gifts to start their new life, the council
said in a statement.
Eminent Pakistani social activist Abdul Sattar Edhi congratulated
the council for conducting the wedding and gave away Rs.5,000 to
each couple.
Hindus form 1.6 percent of Pakistan's 160 million people.
(Awais Saleem
can be contacted at ians.pakistan@gmail.com)
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