Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif the issue of safety and security of life and property of people belonging to the Sikh and other minority communities in Pakistan. Badal, in a letter, told the Prime Minister that reports of killings of Sikhs in Pakistan are extremely disturbing. Describing this issue of “extreme urgency and concerning everyone” in India in general and the members of the Sikh community in particular, Badal apprised the Prime Minister that several innocent Sikhs have been killed by unknown assailants in different parts of Pakistan in recent weeks. The CM claimed that there was an atmosphere of panic among the minority community families in Pakistan following the recent killings in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. “There is also a wave of anger against the Government for its reported failure to arrest the killers, and take effective steps for providing safety and security to members of the beleaguered Sikh community there,” stated Badal.