KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) to incorporate Sikhism in the religion
column of the
census form.
A two-judge b
ench, headed by Justice Munib Akhtar, directed the PBS to include other minority communities, besides Sikhism, in the religion
column of the
census.
The SHC passed these directions while hearing the petition filed by the representatives of the Sikh community against the lack of a
column for counting them separately in the ongoi
ng census.
The Sikh community submitted a petition for a separate box to count Sikhs in the
census.
However, the petitioners argue
d, there existed a separate
column for other minorities, adding that the authorities not counting Sikh community separately in the headcount would cause a sense of deprivation among them.
The court was requested to direct the PBS to incorporate a separate
column for Sikh community in the form of the ongoi
ng census.
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