Peshawar: A hakim (physician) belonging to the Sikh community was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Peshawar’s Charsadda road on Thursday.
According to details, the attackers barged into the clinic of Sikh hakim, identified as Satnam Singh, and shot at him four times. He was rushed to the provincial capital’s Lady Reading Hospital in an injured condition where he died during treatment.
The city police have claimed that the physician had arrived in Peshawar from Hassan Abdaal a day earlier. Meanwhile, the Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Peshawar said that the case was being investigated.
The police is investigating the matter from different angles and possibility of terrorism is also being probed.
The victim was a resident of Hasanabdal area and ran the ‘Darmandar Dawakhana’, a popular clinic of traditional medicine in the city.
According to the 2017 census, Hindus constitute the largest religious minority in Pakistan. Christians make up the second largest religious minority. The Ahmadis, Sikhs and Parsis are also among the notable religious minorities in Pakistan.