Holi In Pakistan

Holi festival was celebrated at Suami-Narayn Mandir in Karachi where around 400 local Hindus gathered to playfully splash colours on one another in a joyous welcome of spring. Holi is celebrated each year around the time of the vernal equinox, and is typically celebrated in March but sometimes as early as February. 

In his message on the occasion of Holi festival, Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Nawaz Sharif on said the government would ensure provision of equal rights to all citizens in light of the Constitution as well as the teachings of Islam. 

The Prime Minister extended his felicitations to the Hindu community of Pakistan. 

The Prime Minister said the government would make arrangements to disallow any discrimination in name of religion and the followers of every religion must feel free to practice their own faiths. The citizens should also not suffer from any sense of deprivation regarding employment or any other matter due to their faith, he added.