Pakistan gets its first Sikh senator
Gurdeep Singh was elected to the upper house of parliament on a minority ticket
Gurdeep Singh joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2016. (Photo supplied)
Sikh community leaders are celebrating after Gurdeep Singh became the first Sikh to win election to Pakistan’s Senate.
Singh received 105 votes on March 3 to be elected to the upper house of parliament on a minority ticket. Senate members are elected for six-year terms.
Shahbaz Bhatti, the Catholic federal minister for minorities who was assassinated in March 2011, won approval for four Senate seats to be reserved for religious minorities.
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