Last Updated: April 01, 2023, 03:20 IST
The Peshawar killing comes a day after a Hindu physician was shot useless by unknown assailants in Karachi. (Image: Unsplash/Representative)
The incident befell at 3 pm when armed males on a bike opened fireplace at Dayal Singh, a businessman in Peshawar’s Dir Colony space
A Sikh businessman was shot useless on Friday by unknown assailants right here, in the newest incident of focused assaults towards minority communities in Pakistan.
The incident befell at 3 pm when armed males on a bike opened fireplace at Dayal Singh, a businessman in Peshawar’s Dir Colony space, police stated.
The gunmen fled the scene after committing the crime, they stated.
Police have collected 30 bore bullet shells from the location of the crime. CCTV footage from the store has been obtained and the police have launched an investigation into the assault.
The Peshawar killing comes a day after a Hindu physician was shot useless by unknown assailants in Karachi.
Last week, shopkeepers from the minority Hindu group had been assaulted in the Sindh province for “allegedly violating the Ramzan ordinance,” based on the Express Tribune newspaper.
About 15,000 Sikhs stay in Peshawar, principally in the Jogan Shah neighbourhood of the provincial capital Peshawar.
Most of the members of the Sikh group in Peshawar are concerned in enterprise, whereas some even have pharmacies.
In September final 12 months, a widely known Sikh ‘hakeem’ (Unani medication practitioner) was shot useless by unidentified gunmen inside his clinic in Peshawar.
In 2018, Charanjit Singh, a distinguished Sikh group member, was killed by unknown males in Peshawar.
Similarly, information channel anchor Ravinder Singh was killed in 2020 in town. In 2016, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf National Assembly member Soren Singh was additionally killed in Peshawar.
Hindus kind the most important minority group in Pakistan.
According to official estimates, 75 lakh Hindus stay in the Muslim-majority nation.
Muslims account for about 96 per cent of Pakistan’s 207 million inhabitants, Hindus 2.1 per cent and Christians about 1.6 per cent based on the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan estimates.
The majority of Pakistan’s Hindu inhabitants is settled in Sindh province the place they share tradition, traditions and language with their Muslim residents.
The Ahmadis, Sikhs and Parsis are additionally among the many notable non secular minorities in Pakistan.
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