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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has become the first-ever Thari Hindu woman to be elected to the Senate of Pakistan?
A
Krishna Kumari Kohli
B
Taniya Bhatia
C
Ravi Kalpana
D
Ekta Bisht
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 2018, she was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in the Pakistan Senate elections as a PPP candidate on a reserved seat for women from Sindh. She took oath as Senator on 12 March 2018. She was the second Hindu woman elected to the Senate after Ratna Bhagwandas Chawla.

Detailed explanation-2: -Two candidates apiece, from the opposition and treasury benches, contested the elections on 12 March 2021. Treasury candidates, Sadiq Sanjrani and Mirza Muhammad Afridi, won the elections for their respective seats.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Pakistan, the Senate consists of 100 members. Election to fill seats in the Senate allocated to each Province shall be held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. The Senate is not subject to dissolution but the term of its members is six years.

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