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Pak Hindus object to oath taking of lawmaker accused of murdering Sikh
The Hindu community in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakthunkhwa is protesting against the planned oath taking ceremony of a member of the provincial assembly accused of murdering a Sikh lawmaker. Baldev Kumar, who is in jail in the murder case of Sikh lawmaker Sardar Soran Singh,
was to be produced in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday.
Speaker Khyber Pakthunkhwa (KP) Assembly Asad Qaisar on Monday withdrew the Assembly Secretariat letter dated February 23 regarding production order of Kumar in the assembly today. Now he will take oath tomorrow.
Coordinator KP chif minister on Minorities Ravi Kumar described the oath taking of Kumar as a sad day for the minorities of the province.
Haroon Sarab Diyal, the leader of Hindu community in the province, said that the Hindus would protest if he was administered oath.
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