India need not worry about the Sikhs: Pak

“Pakistan is fully cognisant of the issue of the Sikhs and of the welfare of all its citizens,especially the minorities,” said Basit.

Diplomatic sources said the issue of Sikhs being forced out of their homes in Pakistan’s Aurakzai tribal agency after they failed to pay ‘jiziya’ or tax imposed on non-Muslims was taken up on Friday with the Foreign Office by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

It was also taken up with the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi by the External Affairs Ministry.

The Indian side was told by the Pakistanis that it “need not worry about the Sikhs” and that the move was “tantamount to interfering in Pakistan’s internal affairs,” the sources said.