Islamabad: About 140 Sikh families, comprising 1,200 people, have been displaced by fighting between militants and Pakistani security forces in Buner district of the restive NWFP, officials said on Wednesday.
The officials said the North West Frontier Province government will provide Rs. 20,000 as aid to each Sikh family displaced by the operations by security forces.
They said the 140 Sikh families had taken shelter at Gurdwara Panja Shahib in Hasanabdal. — PTI
(Courtesy to The Hindu)
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