Post by desi113 on May 3, 2009 10:29:01 GMT
New Delhi:
A concerned New Delhi has communicated its concerns to Islamabad over reports of Sikhs being forced by the Taliban to leave their homes in Pakistan’s northwest region and being asked to pay special taxes.
MEA spokesperson Vishnu Prakash: “On seeing reports about Sikh families in Pakistan being driven out of their homes and being subjected to Jaziya (“protection tax” on non-Muslims under Shariah), the Government of India has taken up the question of treatment of minorities with the government of Pakistan.”
Geo TV said Taliban militants took over shops and homes of 35 Sikh families and arrested community leaders in the Ferozkhel in FATA’s Lower Orakzai Agency. They ruled that the community should pay Rs 15 million as annual protection money. And when residents said they couldn’t pay, the Taliban auctioned their houses, forcing many to migrate.
ALSO....another site says.... >
According to the sources, Taliban gunmen forced all the 24 family members of one Kalyan Singh out of their houses and shops. Singh, a cloth merchant, was kidnapped by extremists a fortnight ago, and was released when he paid 3.5 million rupees out of the 13 million rupees which was demanded as protection money. After Singh failed to arrange the rest of the amount, the Taliban occupied the properties.
A concerned New Delhi has communicated its concerns to Islamabad over reports of Sikhs being forced by the Taliban to leave their homes in Pakistan’s northwest region and being asked to pay special taxes.
MEA spokesperson Vishnu Prakash: “On seeing reports about Sikh families in Pakistan being driven out of their homes and being subjected to Jaziya (“protection tax” on non-Muslims under Shariah), the Government of India has taken up the question of treatment of minorities with the government of Pakistan.”
Geo TV said Taliban militants took over shops and homes of 35 Sikh families and arrested community leaders in the Ferozkhel in FATA’s Lower Orakzai Agency. They ruled that the community should pay Rs 15 million as annual protection money. And when residents said they couldn’t pay, the Taliban auctioned their houses, forcing many to migrate.
ALSO....another site says.... >
According to the sources, Taliban gunmen forced all the 24 family members of one Kalyan Singh out of their houses and shops. Singh, a cloth merchant, was kidnapped by extremists a fortnight ago, and was released when he paid 3.5 million rupees out of the 13 million rupees which was demanded as protection money. After Singh failed to arrange the rest of the amount, the Taliban occupied the properties.
