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Sikhs haven’t graduated to self-representation
WSN Network

ISLAMABAD: In rather curious yet understandable reports from Pakistan, sections of the media have underlined how the Sikhs in Karachi are finding it difficult to find a graduate candidate to represent themselves at a time when the world is tearing itself apart on the issue of self-representation. Ramesh Singh, the chairman of the Sikh Naujawan Sabha of Pakistan hails from Sindh province but cannot contest elections since he is not a graduate, a qualification under the law.  

There are only about four or five Sikhs in Sindh who have this singular qualification but have no interested and the Sikhs thus have no one to represent them in the body of the law makers. Many Sikhs in Karachi are believed to have voted for the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in the recent polls. The MQM-led city government gave salary in advance to its Hindu and Sikh employees ahead of their religious holidays and also gave them the day off. While to some in US or elsewhere, this won’t seem much but when you get nothing, something seems a lot bigger.

5 March 2008
 

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