Pakistan: Islamabad lastly factors pointers recognising Hindu Marriage, 5 years after a laws was handed

More than 5 years after it was handed, authorities in Islamabad have issued the foundations for the Hindu Marriage Act 2017, allowing the members of the minority Hindu group to solemnise their marriage in accordance with established customs. It took 75 years for the nation to take this decision.

Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan would moreover have the power to execute the marriage authorized tips approved in 2017 in accordance with the regulation named ‘Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Hindu Marriage Regulations 2023.’ According to a marketing consultant of the ICT administration, all union councils (UC) inside the federal house have acquired the notification for implementation.

Under the foundations, the acceptable UCs in Islamabad will register a ‘Maharaj’ to hold out marriage ceremonies. To qualify as a ‘Pundit’ or ‘Maharaj,’ a person should be a Hindu male with a satisfactory understanding of Hinduism. The native police ought to current a character reference along with the written consent of at least ten Hindu group members sooner than the appointment of ‘Maharaj.’ 

The acceptable UCs will issue a ‘Shaadi Pert’ (marriage certificates) to a ‘Maharaj’ who could possibly be registered with the associated UC, very just like the ‘registered nikah-khawan’ for Muslims. All marriages could possibly be registered at union councils as properly.

The one who drafted the foundations, Mehfooz Piracha, who will be the district lawyer for ICT, remarked that the announcement is a significant step within the path of defending the rights of the minority group. He added that Punjab, Balochistan, and KP can now implement comparable authorized tips as properly.

He claimed, “Politically and technically, it is easy for provinces to adopt the laws enacted in Islamabad rather than formulating new legislation for each jurisdiction.”

An organisation named the ‘National Lobbying Delegation for Minority Rights’ (NLD) has made the essential factor effort to get Hindu marriage authorized tips approved. According to NLD member Jai Parkash, the ICT administration ought to retroactively execute this regulation in order to help the group as there are many Hindus who’ve made Islamabad their residence.

Notably, the Hindu inhabitants of Islamabad has elevated dramatically over the earlier ten years due to emigration from Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a consequence of issues of safety.