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Rights group asks authorities to protect minorities

A rights group on Friday expressed concern over the status of minorities, including Sikhs and Hindus, in Pakistan and asked authorities to ensure equal rights and protection for them. Coalition for the Rights of the Minorities’ national coordinator Sameena Imtiaz told reporters here that minorities are feeling insecure in Khyber Pakhtunwa due recent incident of violence and killing.

Referring to killing of a Sikh youth after an attack on Sikh community members in Peshawar, she said that this was not the first incident where Sikh community was targeted, adding that coherent of incidents have dwindled the confidence of minorities in the abilities of the provincial government in providing security to them.
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