Sikh medicine practitioner shot dead in Peshawar Peshawar, September 30
A well-known Sikh ‘hakeem’ (Unani medicine practitioner) was shot dead by unidentified gunmen inside his clinic on Thursday in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, police said Hakeem’ Sardar Satnam Singh (Khalsa), 45, was at his clinic when attackers barged into his cabin and opened fire at him, police said.
Singh, who received four bullets, died instantly, they said The killers managed to flee from the crime scene Police team rushed to the location and encircled the world to nab the culprits. the rationale behind the murder wasn’t ascertained yet No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack Singh, a well known figure within the Sikh community, was running his clinic ‘Dharmandar Pharmacy’ on Charsadda Road in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. He had been living within the city for the past 20 years.
About 15,000 Sikhs sleep in Peshawar, mostly within the Jogan Shah neighborhood of the capital . Most of the Sikh community members in Peshawar are involved in business, while some also run pharmacies The police are investigating the matter from different angles and possibility of terrorism is additionally being probed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan strongly condemned the killing of Singh and directed the police to require immediate steps arrest the killers.
In 2018, Charanjit Singh, a prominent Sikh community member, was killed by unknown men in Peshawar. Similarly, news channel anchor Ravinder Singh was killed in 2020 within the city. In 2016, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf National Assembly member Soren Singh was killed in Peshawar.
According to the 2017 census, Hindus constitute the most important religious minority in Pakistan. Christians structure the second largest religious minority. The Ahmadis, Sikhs and Parsis also are among the notable religious minorities in Pakistan. PTI
