The chairman of the Senate sought a report from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) police on the homicide of Satnam Singh, at the same time as social media was abuzz with stories of the Islamic State–Khorasan (IS-Ok) claiming accountability for the homicide owing to his polytheistic views.
Whereas speaking to TOI over telephone, Gurdeep, the primary Sikh senator of Pakistan, stated that minorities in Pakistan have been beneath assault by the militants.
When requested concerning the purpose behind killing a Sikh, the senator replied that the precise purpose just isn’t identified but but it surely seems to be an end result of a deep-rooted conspiracy hatched by anti-national parts to destabilise the nation and scarce the minorities.
“The chairman of the Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, has sought a report on the homicide of Satnam Singh from the inspector normal of police, KPK,” stated Gurdeep, the previous vice-president of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf who turned the senator in March 2021.
Nonetheless, Pakistani rights activist Radesh Singh Tony stated that IS-Ok had taken the accountability for killing Satnam to terrorise the Sikhs dwelling, not simply in KPK, however throughout the nation.
Notably, Satnam, a member of the Tira tribal neighborhood of KPK’s Orkazai Company was shot useless in his Unani medication clinic on Thursday by some unidentified individuals.
A neighborhood reporter Muhammad Saleem on Friday tweeted that the IS-Ok launched a press release, taking accountability for the homicide of Satnam. Their assertion learn, “…by the grace of God Almighty, the troopers of the Caliphate focused a follower of the polytheistic Sikh sect, within the space of Faqirabad within the metropolis of Peshawar, with pistol photographs, which led to his loss of life, reward be to God.”
Nonetheless, Gurdeep denied having any data of the IS-Ok taking accountability for the homicide of Satnam.
Again in India, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Bibi Jagir Kaur urged the Pakistani authorities to make sure security of the minorities to avert such incidents in future.