Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Monday wished the Hindu community on the occasion of Holi.
"Wishing all our Hindu community a very happy and peaceful Holi, the festival of colours," Khan tweeted.
Wishing all our Hindu community a very happy and peaceful Holi, the festival of colours.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 9, 2020
Holi is a popular ancient Hindu festival, originating from the Indian subcontinent.
It is celebrated predominantly in India, but has also spread to other areas of Asia and parts of the Western world through the diaspora from the Indian subcontinent.
Holi is popularly known as the Indian "festival of spring", the "festival of colours", or the "festival of love".
Khan wished the nation at a time when several Hindu community members protested against the forceful conversion and marriage of a girl named Mehak in Pakistan.
On 19 February, a Pakistani court declared invalid the marriage of the Muslim man, Raza Solangi to the Hindu girl Mehak because she was a minor. It was also claimed during the hearing that the girl had converted to Islam and married the man out of her own choice, reported Sputnik.
Apart from Mehak, similar episodes of forced conversion and marriage of girls belonging to other communities, including Sikh, have been reported from Pakistan in recent months.
Demanding justice for Hindu girl Mehak, who was allegedly forcefully converted to Islam and married off to a Muslim in the Sindh Province of Pakistan, Indian expats in the United Kingdom demonstrated outside the United Nations office in London last month.
A similar protest was held by members of the Indian community outside the Pakistan High Commission in London on Feb 17.
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