PPP's Krishna Kohli, accompanied by parents, takes oath
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan?s first-ever Thari Hindu woman to be elected to the Senate arrived on Monday to take the oath along with her parents.
?I?m feeling very proud,? Krishna Kohli said while speaking to Geo News. Kohli was dressed in bright traditional Thari clothes complete with white bangles up to her shoulders.
?I?ll try to bring my community to the forefront,? the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader from a village in Tharparkar added.
While thanking PPP and party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for giving her a seat she asserted, ?For the first time in history someone from my community has been selected.? She is is the first-ever senator from a scheduled caste.
The Senate session began a little after 10am today. The first order of business was the administering of oath to the newly-elected 52 senators by presiding officer Senator Sardar Yaqub Khan.
Later in the day, the election, via secret ballot, for the chairman and deputy chairman of Senate will be held. Representatives of political parties have taken the nomination papers, which will be submitted later in the day.
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