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{{Short description|Politician in Pakistan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    =
| name                = Hari Ram
| office              = Provincial Minister of Sindh for Minorities Affairs
| term_start          = 19 August 2018
| term_end            = 11 August 2023
| office1             = Provincial Minister of Sindh for Social Welfare
| term_start1         = 19 August 2018
| term_end1           = 11 August 2023
| office2             = Provincial Minister of Sindh for Prisons
| term_start2         = 19 August 2018
| term_end2           = 11 August 2023
| office3             = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]]
| term_start3         = 13 August 2018
| term_end3           = 11 August 2023
| constituency3       = [[PS-47 Mirpur Khas-I|PS-47 (Mirpur Khas-I)]]
| office4             = Member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]]
| term_start4         = March 2012
| term_end4           = March 2018
| nationality         = Pakistani
| party               = [[Pakistan People's Party]]
}}
'''Hari Ram Kishori Lal''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|ہری رام کشوری لال}}}}) is a [[Pakistanis|Pakistani]] [[Hindu]] politician from [[Sindh]]. A five-time legilslator to the [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]], Ram was one of the first non-Muslims to win a non-reserved constituency in a Pakistani province in 2018 (alongside [[Giyanoo Mal]], the first being [[Mahesh Kumar Malani]] in 2013).{{Efn|Before the promulgation of the [[Constitution of Pakistan 1973|1973 constitution]] which reserved seats for minorities (non-Muslims were further barred from contesting elections on non-reserved seats in [[1985 Pakistani general election|1985]] which was overturned in [[2002 Pakistani general election|2002]]), non-Muslims which had been elected include: [[Sindhi Hindu]]s Aidansing Nagji Sodho, Dharamdas Motmal, Gulji Ratanji Menghwar, Lilji Akhji Sodho, Rup Chand Chelaram, Rup Chand Seoomal Luhano, Shambhoomal Hiranand Luhano, Sawaising Sonji Sodho, Teoomal Nathromal, Sirumal Kirpaldas as [[List of members of the 4th Provincial Assembly of Sindh|members of the 4th Provincial Assembly of Sindh]] after the [[1953 Sindh provincial election]] (though it is unclear if these were reserved or non-reserved seats); and Buddhist [[Tridev Roy]] as a [[List of members of the 5th National Assembly of Pakistan|member of the 5th National Assembly of Pakistan]] after the [[1970 Pakistani general election]].|name=prev}}
He served in the Senate from 2012 to 2018.
==Early life==
Ram was born on 29 May 1952 in [[Mirpurkhas]].<ref name="pas/2018">{{cite web |title=Profile |url=http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/32/666 |website=www.pas.gov.pk |publisher=Provincial Assembly of Sindh |accessdate=16 September 2018 |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610150014/http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/32/666 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A landlord, he did not study beyond high school.<ref name="pas/2018" />
==Political career==
Ram won four consecutive elections to the [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]] in 1988, 1990, 1993, and 1997 as one of the five representatives of the local Hindu community; he did not have any political affiliation.<ref name=":0">''[https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Sindh.pdf Detailed Results of Elections to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104140755/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Sindh.pdf |date=2022-11-04 }}''. Undated. Election Commission of Pakistan</ref> In 2012, he was [[2012 Pakistani Senate election|elected]] to the [[Senate of Pakistan]] from the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) on the sole seat reserved for minorities from Sindh.<ref>{{cite news|title=PPP dominates Senate elections|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/40747-ppp-dominates-senate-elections|accessdate=28 January 2018|work=www.geo.tv|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128154748/https://www.geo.tv/latest/40747-ppp-dominates-senate-elections|archivedate=28 January 2018}}</ref>{{efn|Ram secured 157 votes against a paltry 4, secured by Photo Mal alias Dileep of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Senate elections: Despite drama, upset, PPP comes out on top - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/344818/senate-elections-despite-drama-upset-ppp-comes-out-on-top/|accessdate=28 January 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=3 March 2012}}</ref>}}
In 2018, he was elected to the Provincial Assembly from Mirpur Khas-I, becoming one of the first non-Muslims to win a non-reserved constituency in any provincial assembly of Pakistan.{{efn|name=prev}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies |work=Samaa TV |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |url-status=live |accessdate=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083521/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |archive-date=2018-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=29 May 2021 |title=Pakistan election: Muslim-majority areas elect 3 Hindu candidates in Sindh |newspaper=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/pakistan-election-muslim-majority-areas-elect-3-hindu-candidates-in-sindh-118073101491_1.html}}</ref> He was inducted into Chief Minister [[Syed Murad Ali Shah|Syed Murad Ali Shah's]] cabinet, and made the Minister for Minorities Affairs with the additional portfolios of Social Welfare, and Prison.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah picks his 10-member cabinet |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1427999/sindh-cm-murad-ali-shah-picks-his-10-member-cabinet |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=19 August 2018}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Ram has a son.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Correspondent |first=The Newspaper's |date=2020-06-08 |title=Minister's son, guard and driver injured in accident |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1562024 |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref> On 21 May 2021, he suffered a [[cardiac arrest]] while attending a ministerial meeting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-21 |title=Sindh Food Minister Kishori Lal suffers heart attack |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/759031/sindh-food-minister-kishori-lal-suffers-heart-attack/ |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=Daily Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
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