{"id":246507,"date":"2022-02-26T01:41:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=246507"},"modified":"2022-02-26T01:41:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:41:01","slug":"two-hindu-officers-promoted-to-rank-of-lt-colonel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/two-hindu-officers-promoted-to-rank-of-lt-colonel\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Hindu officers promoted to rank of Lt Colonel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army has promoted two officers belonging to the Hindu minority community to the rank of lieutenant colonel, it emerged on Friday. Born in 1981, Major Dr Kailash Kumar hailing from Sindh\u2019s Tharparkar district commissioned in the army in 2008. Major Dr Anil Kumar aged around 40 years is a resident of Sindh\u2019s Badin district and got commission in the army in 2007. Both the officers have been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Reacting to the development, Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) chief Dr Ramesh Kumar wrote on his official Twitter handle: \u201cHeartiest congratulation to promotion of 2 Hindu Officers to Lt. Colonel Rank.\u201d Earlier in February, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa had said that monitories in Pakistan are equal citizens and it is the job of the state to protect them, the military had said in a statement. TLTP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army has promoted two officers belonging to the Hindu minority community to the rank of lieutenant colonel, it emerged on Friday. Born in 1981, Major Dr Kailash Kumar hailing from Sindh\u2019s Tharparkar district commissioned in the army in 2008. 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