The Punjab Congress raised the issue of forced conversion of Sikhs in Pakistan with Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
A delegation of Congress Members of Parliament (MPs) led by Punjab Congress chief and MP from Gurdaspur, Sunil Jakhar, along with MP Ravneet Singh Bittu sought MEA’s urgent intervention in the matter to protect the identity of the Sikh community settled in Pakistan.
The delegation asked MEA to provide all necessary protection to the
Sikh community to protect them from any such harassment
in the future.
Punjab Congress chief, Sunil Jakhar, said that after Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Amarinder Singh raised the issue, MEA has already directed the Indian High Commission in Pakistan to take it up at the highest level with Islamabad.
He said that in the long run, it could lead to total annihilation of the Sikh identity in Pakistan, which could also trigger a cascading impact on Sikhs living in other parts of the world.
