Pakistani Taliban claim killing of Sikh politician

The Pakistani Taliban today claimed responsibility for the assasination of a prominent Sikh politician who was shot dead by motorcycle-borne gunmen near his home in Pakistan's restive northwest.
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a statement said that sharp shooter of Special Task Force ofTTP "successfully" targeted Sardar Sooran Singh inhis home district Buner.
The TTP also threatened its "Mujahideen would continue to target the people creatinghurdles in its mission."
"Such activities would continue till the enforcement of Islamic system in the country," the terror outfit said.
Singh, the Special Assistant to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Minority Affairs, was assassinated in Pir Baba area of Buner district in the province when he was going back to his home after a routine walk yesterday.

Meanwhile, thelast rites of Singh were held in Buner district. A large number of people from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and other political parties' activists attended the funeral.
Singh's murder was widely condemned by fellow politicians and rights activists.