has hindu population decreased in pakistan?
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According to Pakistan census, after a drastic decrease in the non-Muslim population during the partition, it has been going steady at 1.5 to 2 %. In 1998, 2.1 million Hindus were in the country. ... In 2018, the country consisted of only 700 Hindus and Sikhs in total.
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No. Being part of the people of the subcontinent & shared culture, Hindu gods are part of our shared heritage, but Sikhs do not pray to / worship them. And those who do so (i.e. worship the gods), have not understood Sikhism.
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Unfortunately, Lahore is far behind in having all of them with the quantity Karachi possesses them. Karachi wins. Lahore, in contrast to Karachi, is ethnically less diverse, less populated and has fewer industries, making it more peaceful, healthy and an equitable city. Lahore wins.
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There are a total of 342 seats in the National Assembly. Of these, 272 are filled by direct elections. In addition, the Pakistani Constitution reserves 10 seats for religious minorities and 60 seats for women, to be filled by proportional representation among parties with more than 5% of the vote.
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SAARC has failed in achieving its objectives because: India-Pakistan rivalry has become a bottleneck in achieving effective coordination. Last SAARC summit got cancelled because of the Indo-Pak tensions. Even though the region accounts for 21% of world population, its share in global GDP is just around 3%.
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Important Events From This day in History March 23rd. 1956 : The Islamic Republic of Pakistan becomes an independent republic within the British Commonwealth. Following the fighting in Pakistan and India in 1947 Muslims moved to Pakistan, creating a country where 96% of the population are Muslim.
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According to the 1998 Pakistan Census, Hindus made up 1.85% of Pakistan's population, although the Pakistan Hindu Council claims there are around 8 million Hindus currently living in Pakistan, comprising 4% of the Pakistani population.
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There are two levels of Sufism in Pakistan. ... This level of Sufism involves belief in intercession through saints, veneration of their shrines and forming bonds with a pir (saint). Many rural Pakistani Muslims associate with pirs and seek their intercession.
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Many hundreds of Shia Muslims have been killed in northern areas of Pakistan, such as Gilgit, Baltistan, Parachinar and Chelas. The violence worsened immediately after 11 September 2001 and the expulsion of the Taliban from Afghanistan. In 2002, 12 Shia Hazara police cadets were gunned down in Quetta.
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Islam contains a number of basic beliefs, including that Allah is the one and only God. ... Like Islam, Hinduism has religious autonomy. It is an ethnic religion, and has subsequently not spread much, unlike the far-reaching Islam religion. Hindus believe in one Supreme Being, Brahma, who is the creator of everything.
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Pakistan has a large livestock population, well adapted to the local environmental conditions. Current population of farm animals in Pakistan consist of 23.34 million buffaloes, 22.42 million cattle, 24.24 million sheep, 49.14 million goats and 0.77 million camels.
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Pakistan's nuclear weapons development was in response to the loss of East Pakistan in 1971's Bangladesh Liberation War. ... Finally, on 28 May 1998, a few weeks after India's second nuclear test (Operation Shakti), Pakistan detonated five nuclear devices in the Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai district, Balochistan.
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Lahore was a Hindu-Sikh dominated town and was assumed to be part of mainland India. People were rudely shaken out of reverie when they learnt that the historic town had been arbitrarily given to Pakistan. ... The Hindus and Sikhs, however, owned some 80% of the property in the city and the district.
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According to the Government of Pakistan's National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), there were 6,146 Sikhs registered in Pakistan in 2012. It increased to 50,000 Sikhs. Most are settled in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa followed by Sindh and Punjab.
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BJP Has Insulted My Hinduism. The BJP is an anti-thesis of the spiritually enriched and elastic Hinduism. Instead, it has reduced the religion into a sword of hatred. ... It has trivialised and distorted the meaning of being a Hindu.
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Islam is the state religion of Pakistan, and about 95-98% of Pakistanis are Muslim. Pakistan has the second largest number of Muslims in the world after Indonesia. The majority are Sunni (estimated at 75-95%), with an estimated 5-20% Shia. A PEW survey in 2012 found that 6% of Pakistani Muslims were Shia.
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Rich in ecosystem diversity, Pakistan is home to several rare and endangered animals as of 2011. Such wildlife are threatened not only by human overpopulation and habitat loss but also by the very landscape of the country. Physical barriers like the Himalayas cause small populations of animals to become isolated.