Pushpa Kumari Kohli is the first Hindu woman to become a police officer in Pakistan. She was posted as Assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) in Sindh province after she passed the provincial competitive examination through Sindh Public Service Commission.[1][2][3]
Pushpa Kumari Kohli | |
|---|---|
پشپا ڪماري ڪوهلي | |
| Born | 1990 Mirpurkhas District, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Dow University of Health Sciences |
| Relatives | Narain Das (Husband) |
| Police career | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Department | Sindh Police |
| Service years | 2019–present |
| Rank | Assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) |
Early life
editPushpa Kumari Kohli was born 1990 in Kohli scheduled caste Hindu family. She grew up in a middle-class family in the Samaro town in the Mirpurkhas District of Sindh Province. Her father runs a grocery store and her mother works as a family planning officer in population welfare department.[4]
Education
editPushpa Kumari graduated in from Dow University of Health Sciences in critical care in 2014.[4]
Career
editPushpa worked in the NGO Marie Stopes Society in hometown Samaro. Later she joined the medical field. Till 2018, Pushpa Kumari worked as an intensive care unit (ICU) technologist at the Benazir Bhutto Accident and Emergency Trauma Centre. In 2018, she applied for the vacant Assistant sub-Inspector post in 2018 and wrote the competitive public service commission exam in January 2019, which age qualified and became Assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI).[4]
Personal life
editPushpa Kumari is married to Narain Das, who works as a supervisor for Bahria Town. They are currently living in Karachi. She believes that inspiring from her other girls and women will decide to join daring career choices like police, army, air force or navy.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ashfaq Ahmed (4 September 2019). "Pushpa has become the first Pakistani Hindu girl to serve as police officer in Sindh Pakistani Hindu girl Pushpa from Sindh province takes over as Assistant Sub Inspector". Gulf news. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Pak's Sindh province get first Hindu woman police officer". Indian Express. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Arora, Kamna (September 5, 2019). "Pakistan: In a historic first, Hindu girl inducted into Sindh Police; here's how Twitter reacted". Pakistan news. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Hafeez Tunio (5 September 2019). "Upwards and onwards: Sindh Police appoints first Hindu woman ASI". Express Tribune. Retrieved 16 September 2020.