Krishna Kumari Kohli from Thar in Pakistan's Sindh province will become the second Hindu woman Senator in the Muslim-majority country.
The Pakistan Senate has had only one female Hindu member, Ratna Bhagwandas Chawla from the PPP, until now.
The Election Commission of Pakistan has accepted the papers of Krishna Kumari who was nominated by the ruling PPP (Pakistan People's Party) for a Senate seat on minority from Sindh Assembly.
Krishna Kumari Kohli will be the first-ever Dalit woman in Pakistan who becomes a Senator.
Krishna Kumari Kohli's caste is mentioned at No. 23 in the Pakistani Schedule Castes Ordinance -1957.