Raise issue of atrocities against Sikhs in Pak in UN: SAD to Jaishankar

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 06 2020 | 10:05 PM IST

A Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) delegation, led by its president Sukhbir Badal, urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday to seek a categorical assurance from Pakistan that those responsible for a "hate attack" on Sikhs as well as the stoning of Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib would be given an "exemplary punishment."
Claiming that from 40,000 Sikhs as per the 2002 census, the number of the community members had come down to around 5,000 in Pakistan, Badal said, "This itself is proof of forced conversions."

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First Published: Jan 06 2020 | 10:05 PM IST

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