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Pahre (74-78)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
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Gurbani (696-703)
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Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
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Gurbani (795-831)
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Chhant (843-848)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
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Gurbani (889-1008)
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Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
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Bara Maha (1107-1110)
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Gurbani (1118-1123)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
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Gurbani (1197-1200)
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Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
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Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 121097" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong>Re: Pakistan Taliban beheads 3 Sikhs in Peshawar</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">source:</span><a href="http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?674979" target="_blank"><span style="color: #890b00">http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?674979</span></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Taliban Beheads 2 Sikhs in Pakistan</span></strong> </span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>A Muhammad and Rezaul H Laskar/ Peshawar/Islamabad | Feb 21, 2010</strong> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Two Sikhs who were kidnapped for ransom were found beheaded by the Pakistani Taliban in the country's restive tribal belt in yet another brutal act by the militants.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Some more members of the minority community are still in the custody of the rebels.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The body of Jaspal Singh was found in the Khyber tribal region, located a short distance from the provincial capital of Peshawar, while the body of Mahal Singh was found in the Aurakzai Agency, sources told PTI tonight.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">There was some confusion about the total number of Sikhs who were kidnapped for ransom from the Bara area of Khyber Agency by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. A source said four Sikhs were abducted while another report said the total number of kidnapped persons was six.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The Sikhs were kidnapped 34 days ago and the Taliban had demanded Rs 30 million as ransom for their release. Two of the kidnapped Sikhs were beheaded after the expiry of the deadline for the payment of the ransom, sources said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">According to a North West Frontier Province(NWFP) minister Bashir Ahmed, three Sikhs having business in Federally Administered Tribal Areas(FATA) were kidnapped by Taliban and one of them was "slaughtered" by them. "They (Taliban) sent his body to Peshawar," he said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Gurvinder Singh and Gurjit Singh are still in the custody of the militants, sources said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The kidnapping occurred in an area where there the government has virtually no control and the militants are in a dominant position, sources said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">An estimated 10,000 Sikhs lived in the NWFP and in the tribal belt, particularly Aurakzai Agency, till the Taliban imposed ‘jiziya’ or religious tax on them last year. Most members of the community then fled to cities across Pakistan.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Brig Mehmood Shah, a former security secretary of FATA, described the Taliban act as horrendous and said it must be condemned in the strongest terms.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">A letter, found with Jaspal's body, warned his relatives and other Sikh locals against disclosing the case to the media, the dawn news reported.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">It said the minority faced threats of suicide attacks if the details of the beheading and kidnapping were revealed to the media or security forces.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: navy">Government Shocked</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The reports from Pakistan have been received with shock in New Delhi but there was no immediate comment by the government which was ascertaining the details.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"We are aware of these media reports. If it is true then it's a matter of shock. We are ascertaining the facts," official sources told.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">According to unconfirmed reports, the Taliban had dumped the heads of the two victims at a Gurudwara in Peshawar.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">An estimated 10,000 Sikhs live in the NWFP and tribal areas, descendants of those who chose not to move to India during the partition in 1947.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">In 2009, the Taliban in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) forced the minority Sikh population to pay it lakhs of rupees as religious tax.</span></p><p><span style="color: navy">The Sikh community has been facing an uncertain future after fleeing fighting between security forces and the Taliban.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: navy">SGPC asks PM to act</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has strongly condemned the beheading of Sikhs in Pakistan and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the matter with his counterpart in Pakistan.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar told PTI, "The SGPC and entire Sikh community strongly condemns the brutal murder of Sikhs at Peshawar in Pakistan by Taliban."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">He asked the Prime Minister to take up the matter with Pakistan government and ask it to provide adequate security to the minority Sikh community as they were not safe in Pakistan.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">He also demanded that the Prime Minister make immediate arrangements for an SGPC delegation to visit Pakistan to take stock of the situation.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Makkar said the SGPC firmly stood with the Sikhs living in Peshawar and all over Pakistan and was always ready to extend all possible help to them.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>BJP says UPA is callous</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">BJP today strongly condemned the beheading of Sikhs and termed the attitude of Indian government in the matter as "callous" for not putting diplomatic pressure in time to get the abducted Sikhs released.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"BJP strongly condemns this dastardly massacre of minority Sikh community in Pakistan. This shows how minorities are treated with contempt in Pakistan. They were not given any security," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">He also criticised the Indian government, alleging it was being soft towards Pakistan while dealing with such matters.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"What is truly worrisome is the callous attitude of the Government of India. These Sikhs were abducted for sometime. What kind of diplomatic pressure did India bring on Pakistan to secure their release," Prasad said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Initial reports said some Sikhs had been abducted by the Taliban in Pakistan for ransom.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">While two were beheaded, some were said to be still in the custody of the Taliban.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"India has almost begged for a dialogue with Pakistan and yet is so cruelly indifferent to the barbaric terrorism being meted out to the innocent Sikh community in Pakistan," Prasad said. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 121097, member: 884"] [b]Re: Pakistan Taliban beheads 3 Sikhs in Peshawar[/b] [COLOR=navy]source:[/COLOR][URL="http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?674979"][COLOR=#890b00]http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?674979[/COLOR][/URL] [COLOR=navy][B][SIZE=5]Taliban Beheads 2 Sikhs in Pakistan[/SIZE][/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]A Muhammad and Rezaul H Laskar/ Peshawar/Islamabad | Feb 21, 2010[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Two Sikhs who were kidnapped for ransom were found beheaded by the Pakistani Taliban in the country's restive tribal belt in yet another brutal act by the militants.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Some more members of the minority community are still in the custody of the rebels.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The body of Jaspal Singh was found in the Khyber tribal region, located a short distance from the provincial capital of Peshawar, while the body of Mahal Singh was found in the Aurakzai Agency, sources told PTI tonight.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]There was some confusion about the total number of Sikhs who were kidnapped for ransom from the Bara area of Khyber Agency by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. A source said four Sikhs were abducted while another report said the total number of kidnapped persons was six.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The Sikhs were kidnapped 34 days ago and the Taliban had demanded Rs 30 million as ransom for their release. Two of the kidnapped Sikhs were beheaded after the expiry of the deadline for the payment of the ransom, sources said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]According to a North West Frontier Province(NWFP) minister Bashir Ahmed, three Sikhs having business in Federally Administered Tribal Areas(FATA) were kidnapped by Taliban and one of them was "slaughtered" by them. "They (Taliban) sent his body to Peshawar," he said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Gurvinder Singh and Gurjit Singh are still in the custody of the militants, sources said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The kidnapping occurred in an area where there the government has virtually no control and the militants are in a dominant position, sources said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]An estimated 10,000 Sikhs lived in the NWFP and in the tribal belt, particularly Aurakzai Agency, till the Taliban imposed ‘jiziya’ or religious tax on them last year. Most members of the community then fled to cities across Pakistan.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Brig Mehmood Shah, a former security secretary of FATA, described the Taliban act as horrendous and said it must be condemned in the strongest terms.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]A letter, found with Jaspal's body, warned his relatives and other Sikh locals against disclosing the case to the media, the dawn news reported.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]It said the minority faced threats of suicide attacks if the details of the beheading and kidnapping were revealed to the media or security forces.[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=navy]Government Shocked[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]The reports from Pakistan have been received with shock in New Delhi but there was no immediate comment by the government which was ascertaining the details.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"We are aware of these media reports. If it is true then it's a matter of shock. We are ascertaining the facts," official sources told.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]According to unconfirmed reports, the Taliban had dumped the heads of the two victims at a Gurudwara in Peshawar.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]An estimated 10,000 Sikhs live in the NWFP and tribal areas, descendants of those who chose not to move to India during the partition in 1947.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]In 2009, the Taliban in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) forced the minority Sikh population to pay it lakhs of rupees as religious tax.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The Sikh community has been facing an uncertain future after fleeing fighting between security forces and the Taliban.[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=navy]SGPC asks PM to act[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has strongly condemned the beheading of Sikhs in Pakistan and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the matter with his counterpart in Pakistan.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar told PTI, "The SGPC and entire Sikh community strongly condemns the brutal murder of Sikhs at Peshawar in Pakistan by Taliban."[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]He asked the Prime Minister to take up the matter with Pakistan government and ask it to provide adequate security to the minority Sikh community as they were not safe in Pakistan.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]He also demanded that the Prime Minister make immediate arrangements for an SGPC delegation to visit Pakistan to take stock of the situation.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Makkar said the SGPC firmly stood with the Sikhs living in Peshawar and all over Pakistan and was always ready to extend all possible help to them.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]BJP says UPA is callous[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]BJP today strongly condemned the beheading of Sikhs and termed the attitude of Indian government in the matter as "callous" for not putting diplomatic pressure in time to get the abducted Sikhs released.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"BJP strongly condemns this dastardly massacre of minority Sikh community in Pakistan. This shows how minorities are treated with contempt in Pakistan. They were not given any security," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]He also criticised the Indian government, alleging it was being soft towards Pakistan while dealing with such matters.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"What is truly worrisome is the callous attitude of the Government of India. These Sikhs were abducted for sometime. What kind of diplomatic pressure did India bring on Pakistan to secure their release," Prasad said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Initial reports said some Sikhs had been abducted by the Taliban in Pakistan for ransom.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]While two were beheaded, some were said to be still in the custody of the Taliban.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"India has almost begged for a dialogue with Pakistan and yet is so cruelly indifferent to the barbaric terrorism being meted out to the innocent Sikh community in Pakistan," Prasad said. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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