Rajender Meghwar is making history as the first Hindu officer in the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP). He is a young man from Pakistan’s Hindu community, which is a minority in the country. Rajender believes that being in the police allows him to help people directly, something he thinks is harder to do in other government jobs.
In Pakistan, nearly 2% of the population, which is over 240 million people, are Hindus. Rajender has been assigned to work as an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Gulbarg, a large area in Faisalabad, which is one of the biggest cities in Pakistan.
Rajender comes from Badin, which is a rural and economically challenged area in Sindh province. He successfully passed a tough exam called the Civil Services Examination (CSE) to join the police force. He feels that working as a police officer will allow him to make a big difference for Hindus and other minority groups, something he believes is very hard to do in other government jobs.
This is also important because it’s the first time a Hindu has been given such a key role in Faisalabad since the Punjab Police was formed. In related news, another young woman named Roopmati, who is also from the Hindu community, has passed the civil services exam and hopes to work in the foreign ministry to show a positive side of Pakistan.
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