Pak's province assembly gets its first Sikh member

June 02, 2013 15:50

In a historic milestone for the Sikh community in Pakistan, Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora has become the first person from the minority community to enter the Punjab province assembly, since the country's independence in 1947.

Arora belongs to Narowal district, 80 km from Lahore, and is associated with the Pakistan Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee.

He took oath along with 340 other lawmakers during the first session of the new Punjab Assembly on Friday.

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