The Pakistani Taliban on the rampage in the Orakzai tribal agency on the Pak-Afghan border have displaced hundreds of Sikhs living in the area even before partition after they failed to pay a hefty amount of Rs 50 million as jizia – a tax which the Muslim rulers of the sub-continent used to charge from the non-Muslim minority population as the protection money.
According to sources, the followers of Tehrik-e-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud have occupied dozens of houses and shops in Qasimkhel and Ferozkhel areas of Kalaya Tehsil in Orakzai for failing to arrange the protection money.
The Taliban are of the view that Sikhs are a minority and liable to pay the tax for living in the area in accordance with the Sharia. As the Sikhs failed to pay the tax, hundreds of them have been been forced to flee and move to the adjacent Frontier province.
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