Pakistani Sikhs Stage Protest against Killings of Afghan Sikh Leaders in Jalalabad

NANKANA SAHIB, Western Punjab, Pakistan—In protest of the targeted killings of Afghan Sikh leaders in a suicide bomb attack in Jalalabad, the Pakistan resident Sikhs held a demonstration at Gurdwara Janam Asthan Sri Nankana Sahib under the leadership of the former PSGPC president S. Bishan Singh. The peaceful demonstration was held following the culmination of a religious program organized for the spiritual peace of the departed Afghan Sikh leaders.

The Sikh protesters were carrying placards having slogans like “Deliver Justice to Afghan Sikh Leaders”, “Stop Target Killings”, “Stop Committing Atrocities on Afghan Sikhs”, “Deliver justice to the families of deceased Sikh Leaders” etc. The slogans were written on the placards in Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi script.

Interacting with media, the former PSGPC president S. Bishan Singh strongly criticized the suicide bomb attack carried out on Afghan Sikh leaders in Jalalabad. He informed that         S. Narinder Singh, son of deceased Sikh leader S. Avtar Singh Khalsa, has appointed as new leader Sikh and Hindu minorities in Pakistan and the Sikh masses of Pakistan will support him in every possible way.

Meanwhile, it is learnt that the Sikh masses of Pakistan have laid Sri Akhand Path Sahib at Gurdwara Sri Panja Sahib (Hasan Abdal) and Gurdwara Bhai Joga Singh (Peshawar) of Pakistan for the spiritual peace of departed Afghan Sikh leaders.   

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