Pakistan's minorities have no faith in democracy

LAHORE: In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them.

Intolerance has been on the rise for the past five years under Pakistan's democratically elected government because of the growing violence of Islamic radicals, who are then courted by political parties, say many in the country's communities of Shiite Muslims, Christians, Hindus and other minorities.

Protests against acquittal of Sajjan Kumar

NEW DELHI: Sikh groups protested here on Wednesday demanding stringent punishment for Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who was acquitted the day before in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

The protesters gathered outside the Tilak Nagar police station in west Delhi, close to a resettlement colony of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims.

Two Metro stations in Delhi were closed in the afternoon as Sikh protesters came onto the tracks with placards and shouted slogans against Sajjan Kumar's acquittal, an official said.