Hindu community celebrates the festival in Pakistan

The Hindu community in Pakistan is all set to celebrate Diwali or the festival of lights today with fervour. The festival primarily focuses on spreading light and destroy ing the reign of darkness on the night of Diwali. Hindus residing in Pakistan will celebrate the day at temples through gatherings of families and decorating their houses with colourful lights, mainly in the Sindh province. Organisations such as the Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) and other small organisations have arranged events to celebrate the festival in a traditional way. Gopal Khamuani, president of Pakistan Hindu Council, congratulated the community and said the festival brings peace and prosperity and promotes goodwill among all communities. “We have been living in Pakistan before partition, it is our country and we have to work collectively to make Pakistan prosperous and progressive,” he said.