Sikhism in Pakistan

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{{Short description|Overview of the role and impact of Sikhism in Pakistan}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Pakistani Sikhs
| native_name = {{Uninastaliq|پاکستانی سکھ}}
| image = File:Inside view of the entrance - Gurdwara Janam Asthan.jpg
| caption = [[Gurdwara Janam Asthan]], the birthplace of the founder of Sikhism in [[Nankana Sahib]]
| pop = '''20,768''' (2017 Census)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rana |first1=Yudhvir |title=Pakistan census to have column for Sikhs |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/pakistan-census-to-have-column-for-sikhs/articleshow/96239035.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=21 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="2017 Census">{{cite web|title=SALIENT FEATURES OF FINAL RESULTS CENSUS-2017|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files//population_census/sailent_feature_%20census_2017.pdf|access-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519114227/https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files//population_census/sailent_feature_%20census_2017.pdf|archive-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>{{Failed verification}} (0.01% of Pakistan's population)
| regions = {{Plainlist |
* [[Hasan Abdal]]
* [[Lahore]]
* [[Nankana Sahib]]
* [[Narowal]]
* [[Peshawar]]
* [[Karachi]]
}}
| langs = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Urdu]], [[Pashto]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]
| rels =
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'''Sikhism in Pakistan''' has an extensive heritage and history, although [[Sikhs]] form a small community in [[Pakistan]] today. Most Sikhs live in the province of [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], a part of the larger [[Punjab region]] where the religion originated in the Middle Ages, with some also residing in Peshawar in the [[Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] province. [[Nankana Sahib]], the birthplace of [[Guru Nanak]], the founder of [[Sikhism]], is located in Pakistan's [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]] province. Moreover, the place where Guru Nanak Dev died, the [[Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur|Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib]] is also located in the same province.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Sikh community became a major political power in Punjab, with Sikh leader [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] founding the [[Sikh Empire]] which had its capital in [[Lahore]], the second-largest city in Pakistan today.

According to the [[1941 Census of India|1941 census]], the Sikh population comprised roughly 1.67 million persons or 6.2 percent of the total population in the region that would ultimately become Pakistan,{{efn|name=Pakistan1941}} notably concentrated in [[West Punjab]], within the contemporary province of [[Punjab, Pakistan]], where the Sikh population stood at roughly 1.53 million persons or 8.8 percent of the total population.{{efn|name=WestPunjab1941}} At the time of the [[Partition of India]] in 1947, it is estimated that the Sikh population increased to over 2 million persons in the region which became Pakistan with significant populations existing in the largest cities in the Punjab such as [[Lahore]], [[Rawalpindi]] and [[Faisalabad]] (then Lyallpur). Soon, after [[Partition of Punjab]], almost 99.9% of the Sikh population left [[Pakistan]] for [[India]] immediately.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/29/the-great-divide-books-dalrymple | title=The Mutual Genocide of Indian Partition | magazine=[[The New Yorker]] | date=22 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/amritsar/sikh-farmers-who-migrated-twice-suffered-the-most-during-partition-8090621/ | title=Sikh farmers who migrated twice suffered the most during Partition | date=15 August 2022 }}</ref> Ergo in the absence of [[Partition of India|partition]] in 1947 and other Anti-Sikh sentiment that followed, it is estimated the present-day Pakistan [[Sikh]] population would be approximately 12,876,000 or 6.2%, well above the current population of 20,800 or 0.01%, as reported in the [[2017 Census of Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sikhs-on-verge-of-extinction-in-pakistan-campaigner-1593674-2019-08-30 | title=Sikhs on verge of extinction in Pakistan: Campaigner }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/sikh-community-faces-existential-crisis-in-pakistan-101654007355224.html | title=Sikh community faces 'existential crisis' in Pakistan | date=31 May 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/sikhism-not-counted-religion-pakistan-census-966786-2017-03-21 | title=Sikhism not counted as religion in Pakistan's census form, community left disappointed }}</ref><ref>https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/now-dedicated-column-for-sikhs-in-pak-census-460723 {{bare URL inline}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/pakistans-sikh-community-disappointed-at-being-left-out-from-census-4575632/ | title=Pakistan's Sikh community disappointed at being 'left out' from census | date=19 March 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1321294 | title=Pakistan's Sikh community disappointed at being 'left out' of national census | date=18 March 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/jammu-and-kashmir-pakistan-gilgit-baltistan-hindus-sikhs-1947-partition-karan-singh-poonch-muzaffarabad-12632 | title=Missing Hindus and Sikhs of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir }}</ref>

In the decades following Pakistan's formation in 1947, the Sikh community began to re-organize, forming the [[Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee]] (PSGPC) to represent the community and protect the holy sites and heritage of the Sikh religion in Pakistan. It is headed by Satwant Singh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/551197-sikh-pilgrims-arrive-to-attend-guru-nanaks-birth-anniversary-celebrations|title=Sikh pilgrims arrive in Pakistan to attend Guru Nanak's birth anniversary celebrations|website=thenews.com.pk|language=en|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref> The Pakistani government has begun to allow Sikhs from India to make [[pilgrimage]]s to Sikh places of worship in Pakistan and for Pakistani Sikhs to travel to India.

== History ==
=== Colonial era ===
[[File:Samadhi Ranjeet Singh.jpg|thumb|Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Lahore]]
Prior to independence in 1947, 2 million Sikhs resided in the present day Pakistan and were spread all across Northern [[Pakistan]], specifically the [[Punjab region]] and played an important role in its economy as farmers, businessmen, and traders. Significant populations of Sikhs inhabited the largest cities in the Punjab such as [[Lahore]], [[Rawalpindi]] and [[Faisalabad|Lyallpur]].

[[Lahore]], the capital of Punjab, was then and still is today the location of many important Sikh religious and historical sites, including the [[Samadhi of Ranjit Singh|Samadhi of Maharaja Ranjit Singh]], who is referred to as [[Ranjit Singh|Sher-e-Punjab]] .The nearby town of [[Nankana Sahib]] has nine [[gurdwara|Gurudwara]]s, and is the birthplace of Sikhism's founder, [[Guru Nanak Sahib]]. Each of Nankana Sahib's gurdwaras are associated with different events in [[Guru Nanak|Guru Nanak Dev's]] life. The town remains an important site of pilgrimage for Sikhs worldwide.

Sikh organizations, including the [[Chief Khalsa Diwan|Chief Khalsa Dewan]] and [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] led by [[Master Tara Singh]], condemned the [[Lahore Resolution]] and the movement to create Pakistan, viewing it as welcoming possible persecution; the Sikhs largely thus [[opposition to the partition of India|strongly opposed the partition of India]].<ref name="KudaisyaYong2004">{{cite book |last1=Kudaisya |first1=Gyanesh |last2=Yong |first2=Tan Tai |title=The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-44048-1 |page=100 |language=en |quote=No sooner was it made public than the Sikhs launched a virulent campaign against the Lahore Resolution. Pakistan was portrayed as a possible return to an unhappy past when Sikhs were persecuted and Muslims the persecutor. Public speeches by various Sikh political leaders on the subject of Pakistan invariably raised images of atrocities committed by Muslims on Sikhs and of the martyrdom of their ''gurus'' and heroes. Reactions to the Lahore Resolution were uniformly negative and Sikh leaders of all political persuasions made it clear that Pakistan would be 'wholeheartedly resisted'. The Shiromani Akali Dal, the party with a substantial following amongst the rural Sikhs, organized several well-attended conferences in Lahore to condemn the Muslim League. Master Tara Singh, leader of the Akali Dal, declared that his party would fight Pakistan 'tooth and nail'. Not be outdone, other Sikh political organizations, rival to the Akali Dal, namely the Central Khalsa Young Men Union and the moderate and loyalist Chief Khalsa Dewan, declared in equally strong language their unequivocal opposition to the Pakistan scheme.}}</ref>

==== Partition of India (1947) ====
[[File:Panja Sahib.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Exterior of [[Panja Sahib]] Gurdwara in Hasan Abdal]]
The majority of the Sikhs and Hindus of [[Punjab, Pakistan|West Punjab]] and [[Sindh]] provinces of Pakistan migrated to India after the [[Partition of India|independence]] of [[Pakistan]] in 1947, resulting in a fraction of the Sikh communities that formerly existed previously. These Sikh and Hindu refugee communities have had a major influence in the culture and economics of the Indian capital city of Delhi. Today, segments of the populations of [[Punjab, India|East Punjab]] and [[Haryana]] states and [[Delhi]] in India can trace their ancestry back to towns and villages now in Pakistan, including former Indian Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The villagers are proud of the link between Gah and the prime minister of India.|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-129405-In-Manmohan-Singhs-village-Gah|website=Thenews.com.pk|access-date=10 March 2015|archive-date=4 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004171329/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-129405-In-Manmohan-Singhs-village-Gah|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Singh's ancestral village, Gah, is located 25 kilometres west of Chakwal city and attracted journalists like moths to a flame following the former PM's rise to power.|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1116453|website=Dawn.com}}</ref>

=== Modern era ===
[[File:Sikh Articles of Faith.JPG|thumb|right|[[Kanga (Sikhism)|Kanga]], [[Kara (Sikhism)|Kara]] and [[Kirpan]] - three of the five articles of faith endowed to the Sikhs.]]

Sikhs have mainly kept a low profile within the monolithic [[Muslim]] population of Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030412/windows/main1.htm|title="Maryada may be in danger, but Sikhs are special in Pakistan"|newspaper=The Tribune India}}</ref> Though, Pakistan maintains the title of Islamic state, the articles twenty, twenty-one and twenty-two in chapter two of its constitution guarantees religious freedom to the non-Muslim residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part2.ch1.html |title=[Chapter 1: Fundamental Rights] of [Part II: Fundamental Rights and Principles of Policy] |website=Pakistani.org |access-date=2010-08-13}}</ref> Since independence in 1947, relations between Pakistan's minorities and the Muslim majority have remained fairly and politically stable.

From 1984 to 2002, Pakistan held a system of separate electorates for all its national legislative assemblies, with only a handful of parliamentary seats reserved for minority members. Minorities were legally only permitted to vote for designated minority candidates in general elections.

The regime of former President General [[Pervez Musharraf]] had professed an agenda of equality for minorities and promotion and protection of minority rights, however, the implementation of corrective measures has been slow. Considerable amount of Sikhs are found in neighbourhood called ''Narayanpura'' of [[Karachi]]'s [[Gazdarabad|Ranchore Lines]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sikhs of Narayanpura welcoming people from all walks of life to attend their celebrations such as Joti-Jot and the birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak.|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1143743|website=Dawn.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ranchore Line's Narayanpura, an area where the Sikhs and the Hindus live together|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/801343/praying-together-tensions-high-as-the-guru-granth-sahib-divides-two-minorities/|website=Tribune.com.pk}}</ref>

The historical and holy sites of Sikhs are maintained by a Pakistani governmental body, the [[Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee]], which is responsible for their upkeep and preservation.

==== The emergence of the Sikh community within Pakistan ====

[[File:Gurdwara-School inner front.JPG|thumb|Gurudwara in Layallpur Faisalabad]]
After the independence of Pakistan and the migration of nearly all Sikhs to India the Sikh community's rights were significantly diminished as their population decreased.<ref>[http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/events/partition1.htm "Partition Of The Punjab - 1947"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029003934/http://allaboutsikhs.com/events/partition1.htm }} 12 November 2006</ref> Today, the largest urban Sikh population in Pakistan is found in [[Peshawar]], in the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]], where the [[Pashtun law]] of "[[nanawatai|nanawati]]" (protection) spared the scale of violence which had raged across the [[Indus River]] in Punjab. Despite the longstanding tensions between the Sikh and Muslim communities in South Asia, the [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]]s were tolerant towards the religious minority of Sikhs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiauncut.blogspot.com/2006/02/jaziya.html|title=India Uncut: Jaziya|website=Indiauncut.blogspot.com|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> There are small pockets of Sikhs in Lahore and Nankana Sahib in Punjab.

There has been an influx of Sikhs refugees from [[Afghanistan]] to Pakistan due to the turbulent civil war and conflicts that have ravaged neighboring Afghanistan, and many of these Sikhs have settled in [[Peshawar]].<ref>[http://www.sikhreview.org/december2001/terror.htm "The Heart-rending Story of Afghani Sikhs"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060310105155/http://www.sikhreview.org/december2001/terror.htm }} 4 October 2006</ref> Afghanistan, like Pakistan, has had small Sikh and Hindu populations. There has been a massive exodus of refugees from Afghanistan into Pakistan during the past 30 years of turmoil up to the reign of the [[Taliban]] and the subsequent [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|US invasion of Afghanistan]] in late 2001. Due to Pakistan's porous borders with Afghanistan, large numbers of Afghanistan's minority communities, based mainly around the cities of [[Kabul]], [[Kandahar]], and [[Jalalabad]] have fled, and some Sikhs have joined their kinsmen in Peshawar and Lahore.<ref>{{cite news|title=Many of the Sikhs displaced from the Tirah Valley have adopted Pashtun traditions and culture.|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/09/the-killing-of-the-sikhs/|website=Thediplomat.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=25,000 Sikhs in the province – mostly in Buner, Swat, DI Khan, Bara, Khyber, Kurram and Orakzai agencies.|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/685962/-thinking-about-the-big-move-the-sikh-way-of-life-changing-in-khyber-pakhtunkhwa/|website=Tribune.com/pk}}</ref>

The Pakistani Constitution states that Sikhism is a monotheistic religion. Recently the Sikh community within Pakistan has been making every effort possible to progress in Pakistan. For example, [[Hercharn Singh]] became the first Sikh to join the [[Pakistan Army]]. For the first time in the 58-year history of Pakistan there has a Sikh been selected into Pakistan's army. Prior to Harcharan Singh's selection in the Pakistani army no individual person who was a member of the Hindu or the Sikh community were ever enrolled in the army, however; the Pakistani Christian community has prominently served in the [[Pakistan Armed Forces]] and some had even reached the ranks of Major Generals in the army, Air Vice Marshals in the [[Pakistan Air Force]] and rear Admiral in the [[Pakistan Navy]]. It has received various awards for gallantry and valor. Moreover, members of the tiny Parsi community have some representation in the Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/170697|title=First Sikh officer in Pakistan Army|first=Zulqernain|last=Tahir|website=Dawn.com|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> Other prominent Sikhs are Inspector Amarjeet Singh of [[Pakistan Rangers]] and Lance-naik Behram Singh of [[Pakistan Coast Guard]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Prominent Sikhs within Pakistan, those who have crossed difficult barriers to succeed in their life and careers.|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1143743|website=Dawn.com}}</ref>

In 2007, the Pakistan Government proposed the [[Anand Karaj|Sikh marriage]] act that allows Sikh marriages in Pakistan be registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/india-rejected-separate-sikh-marriage-act-which-pak-enacted-4-yrs-ago/840000/ |title=Pakistan passes Anand Karaj }}</ref><ref>[http://www.topnews.in/pakistan-minister-gives-assurances-enacting-sikh-marriage-act-27314 "Pakistan Minister gives assurances for enacting Sikh Marriage Act"] 24 November 2007</ref> But it was not passed. In 2017, the Punjab legislative assembly passed the Anand Karaj act thereby allowing the Sikh marriage in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] province be registered.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1395216|title=Punjab Assembly unanimously passes landmark bill to regulate Sikh marriages|newspaper=Dawn|first=Arif |last=Malik|access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref> In the [[Sindh]] province, the Sikh marriages are registered under the [[Hindu marriage laws in Pakistan#Sindh Hindu Marriage Act of 2016|Sindh Hindu Marriage Act of 2016]].<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news|title=Sindh Assembly approves Hindu Marriage Bill|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1239719|newspaper=Dawn|access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
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{{Historical populations
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|source =<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/has-paks-hindu-population-dropped-sharply/articleshow/72686351.cms|title=Has Pak's Hindu population dropped sharply? - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sikhs-on-verge-of-extinction-in-pakistan-campaigner-1593674-2019-08-30|title=Sikhs on verge of extinction in Pakistan: Campaigner}}</ref>
|1941 | 1,671,137{{efn|name=Pakistan1941}}
|1951 | 3,612
|1998 | 6,146
|2017 | 20,768
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According to the [[Government of Pakistan]]'s [[National Database and Registration Authority]], there were 6,146 Sikhs registered in Pakistan in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/430059/over-35000-buddhists-bahais-call-pakistan-home/|title=Over 35,000 Buddhists, Baha'is call Pakistan home|newspaper=[[The Express Tribune]]|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> A 2010 survey by the [[Sikh Resource and Study Centre]] reported 50,000 Sikhs living in Pakistan.<ref name="sikhpopulation">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pak-NGO-to-resolve-issues-of-Sikh-community/articleshow/7382102.cms|title=Pak NGO to resolve issues of Sikh community |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> Most are settled in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] followed by [[Sindh]] and [[Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1410442|title=Number of non-Muslim voters in Pakistan shows rise of over 30pc}}</ref> Other sources, including the US Department of State, claim the Sikh population in Pakistan to be as high as 20,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1176521|title=Pakistan's dwindling Sikh community wants improved security|website=Dawn.com|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90233.htm |title=Pakistan |website=State.gov |access-date=2010-08-13}}</ref> In a news article published in December 2022, there was an estimated 30,000–35,000 Sikhs in Pakistan according to Gurpal Singh and Sikhs will be included as a separate category and enumerated on the upcoming [[2023 Census of Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite web |first=Yudhvir |last=Rana|title=Pakistan census to have column for Sikhs {{!}} Amritsar News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/pakistan-census-to-have-column-for-sikhs/articleshow/96239035.cms |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=The Times of India |language=en |quote=He said roughly there were around 30,000-35,000 Sikhs in Pakistan.}}</ref>

=== 1941 census ===
[[File:A Sodhee Sikh, Lahore.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A [[Sodhi]] Sikh, Lahore, 1875.]]
[[File:True-colour photograph - Lahore, India (now Pakistan). Sikh Temple in 1914 (Gurdwara Dera Sahib in Lahore).jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Gurdwara Dera Sahib]] in Lahore (1914).]]
[[File:True-colour photograph - Lahore, India (now Pakistan) in 1914 - The Samadhi (mausoleum) of Ranjit Singh, "Sher-e-Punjab" ("the Lion of Punjab"), Maharajah of Punjab and the Sikh Empire (1780-1839) 01.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The [[Samadhi of Ranjit Singh|Samadhi (mausoleum) of Ranjit Singh]], Lahore, 1914.]]
[[File:Sikh girls school in Rawalpindi, circa 1920's (estimate).jpg|thumb|200px|right|Sikh girls school in [[Rawalpindi]], circa 1920's (estimate)]]
According to the 1941 census, the Sikh population in Pakistan comprised roughly 1.67 million persons or 6.2 percent of the total population.{{efn|name=Pakistan1941}} With the exception of the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]], all [[administrative division]]s in the region that compose contemporary Pakistan collected religious data, with a combined population of 26,970,214, for an overall response rate of 91.9 percent out of the total population of 29,347,813, as detailed in the table below.{{efn|name=Pakistan1941}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Sikhism in Pakistan by administrative division{{efn|name=Pakistan1941|1941 figure taken from [[Census in British India|census data]] by combining the total population of all [[administrative division]]s that compose the region of contemporary Pakistan, including [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]],<ref name="punjab1941"/>{{rp|42}}{{efn|name=WestPunjab1941}} [[Sindh]],<ref name="sindh1941"/>{{rp|28}} [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]],<ref name="NWFP1941"/>{{rp|22}}{{efn|name=KPK1941}} [[Balochistan]],<ref name="baluchistan1941"/>{{rp|13–18}} [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]],<ref name="JammuKashmir1941"/>{{rp|337–352}}{{efn|name=AJK1941}} and [[Gilgit–Baltistan]].<ref name="JammuKashmir1941"/>{{rp|337–352}}{{efn|name=GilgitBaltistan1941}}}}
! rowspan="2" |[[Administrative divisions of Pakistan|Administrative division]]
! colspan="4" |[[1941 Census of India|1941 Census]]
|-
!Sikh Population
!Sikh Percentage
!Total Responses
!Total Population
|-
| [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]<ref name="punjab1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215541|jstor=saoa.crl.28215541 |access-date=4 February 2023|title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab |year=1941 |volume=6 |author1=India Census Commissioner }}</ref>{{rp|42}}{{efn|name=WestPunjab1941|1941 figure taken from [[Census in British India|census data]] by combining the total population of all [[Districts of British India|districts]] ([[Lahore District|Lahore]], [[Sialkot District|Sialkot]], [[Gujranwala District|Gujranwala]], [[Sheikhupura District|Sheikhupura]], [[Gujrat District|Gujrat]], [[Shahpur District|Shahpur]], [[Jhelum District|Jhelum]], [[Rawalpindi District|Rawalpindi]], [[Attock District|Attock]], [[Mianwali District|Mianwali]], [[Montgomery District|Montgomery]], [[Lyallpur District|Lyallpur]], [[Jhang District|Jhang]], [[Multan District|Multan]], [[Muzaffargarh District|Muzaffargargh]], [[Dera Ghazi Khan District|Dera Ghazi Khan]]), one [[tehsil]] ([[Shakargarh Tehsil|Shakargarh]] – then part of [[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur District]]), one [[princely state]] ([[Bahawalpur (princely state)|Bahawalpur]]), and one tract (Biloch Trans–Frontier) in Punjab Province, British India that ultimately fell on the western side of the [[Radcliffe Line]]. See 1941 census data here:<ref name="punjab1941"/>{{rp|42}} Immediately following the [[Partition of India|partition of India in 1947]], these districts and tract would ultimately make up the subdivision of West Punjab, which also later included [[Bahawalpur (princely state)|Bahawalpur]]. The state that makes up this region in the contemporary era is [[Punjab, Pakistan]].}}
| 1,530,112
| {{Percentage | 1530112 | 17350103 | 2 }}
| 17,350,103
| 17,350,103
|-
| [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]<ref name="NWFP1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215543|jstor=saoa.crl.28215543 |access-date=4 February 2023|title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 10, North-West Frontier Province |year=1941 |volume=10 |author1=India Census Commissioner }}</ref>{{rp|22}}
| 57,939
| {{Percentage | 57939 | 3038067 | 2 }}
| 3,038,067{{efn|name=KPK1941|Religious data only collected in [[North-West Frontier Province|North West Frontier Province]], and not in the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]]. Total responses to religion includes North West Frontier Province, and total population includes both North West Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, both [[administrative division]]s which later amalgamated to become [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]].}}
| 5,415,666{{efn|name=KPK1941}}
|-
| [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir|AJK]]<ref name="JammuKashmir1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215644|jstor=saoa.crl.28215644 |access-date=4 February 2023|title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 22, Jammu & Kashmir |year=1941 |volume=22 |author1=India Census Commissioner }}</ref>{{rp|337–352}}{{efn|name=AJK1941|1941 figure taken from [[Census in British India|census data]] by combining the total population of two [[Districts of British India|districts]] ([[Mirpur District|Mirpur]] and [[Muzaffarabad District|Muzaffarabad]]) and one [[Jagir]] ([[Poonch jagir|Poonch]]) in the [[Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir]] that ultimately would be administered by Pakistan, in the contemporary self-administrative territory of [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]]. See 1941 census data here:<ref name="JammuKashmir1941"/>{{rp|337–352}}}}
| 39,910
| {{Percentage | 39910 | 1073154 | 2 }}
| 1,073,154
| 1,073,154
|-
| [[Sindh]]<ref name="sindh1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215545|jstor=saoa.crl.28215545 |access-date=4 February 2023|title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 12, Sind |year=1941 |volume=12 |author1=India Census Commissioner }}</ref>{{rp|28}}
| 31,011
| {{Percentage | 31011 | 4535008 | 2 }}
| 4,535,008
| 4,535,008
|-
| [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]]<ref name="baluchistan1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215993|jstor=saoa.crl.28215993 |access-date=4 February 2023|title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan |year=1942 |volume=14 |author1=India Census Commissioner }}</ref>{{rp|13–18}}
| 12,044
| {{Percentage | 12044 | 857835 | 2 }}
| 857,835
| 857,835
|-
| [[Gilgit–Baltistan]]<ref name="JammuKashmir1941"/>{{rp|337–352}}{{efn|name=GilgitBaltistan1941|1941 figure taken from [[Census in British India|census data]] by combining the total population of one [[Districts of British India|district]] ([[Astore District|Astore]]) and one agency ([[Gilgit Agency|Gilgit]]) in the [[Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir]] that ultimately would be administered by Pakistan, in the contemporary administrative territory of [[Gilgit–Baltistan]]. See 1941 census data here:<ref name="JammuKashmir1941"/>{{rp|337–352}}}}
| 121
| {{Percentage | 121 | 116047 | 2 }}
| 116,047
| 116,047
|-
! [[Pakistan]]
! 1,671,137
! {{Percentage | 1671137 | 26970214 | 2 }}
! 26,970,214
! 29,347,813
|}

==== Punjab ====
According to the 1941 census, the Sikh population in [[West Punjab]] (the region that composes contemporary [[Punjab, Pakistan]]) was approximately 1,530,112, or 8.82 percent of the total population.{{efn|name=WestPunjab1941}} At the district level in the West Punjab region, the largest Sikh concentrations existed in [[Sheikhupura District]] (Sikhs formed 18.85 percent of the total population and numbered 160,706 persons), [[Lyallpur District]] (18.82 percent or 262,737 persons), [[Lahore District]] (18.32 percent or 310,646 persons), [[Montgomery District]] (13.17 percent or 175,064 persons), and [[Sialkot District]] (11.71 percent or 139,409 persons).<ref name="punjab1941"/>{{rp|42}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Sikhs in the [[Districts of British India|districts]] and [[Princely state|princely states]] that compose the contemporary [[Punjab, Pakistan]] region (1941)<ref name="punjab1941"/>{{rp|42}}{{efn|name=WestPunjab1941}}
! rowspan="2" |[[Districts of British India|District]]/ [[Princely state|Princely State]]
! colspan="2" |[[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
|-
![[Population]]
!Percentage
|-
| [[Lahore District]]
| 310,646
| {{Percentage | 310646 | 1695375 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Lyallpur District]]
| 262,737
| {{Percentage | 262737 | 1396305 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Montgomery District]]
| 175,064
| {{Percentage | 175064 | 1329103 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Sheikhupura District]]
| 160,706
| {{Percentage | 160706 | 852508 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Sialkot District]]
| 139,409
| {{Percentage | 139409 | 1190497 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Gujranwala District]]
| 99,139
| {{Percentage | 99139 | 912234 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Gujrat District]]
| 70,233
| {{Percentage | 70233 | 1104952 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Rawalpindi District]]
| 64,127
| {{Percentage | 64127 | 785231 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Multan District]]
| 61,628
| {{Percentage | 61628 | 1484333 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Shahpur District]]
| 48,046
| {{Percentage | 48046 | 998921 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Bahawalpur State]]
| 46,945
| {{Percentage | 46945 | 1341209 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Jhelum District]]
| 24,680
| {{Percentage | 24680 | 629658 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Shakargarh Tehsil]]{{efn|name="Shakargarh1941"|Part of [[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur District]] which was awarded to Pakistan as part of the [[Radcliffe Line]].}}
| 20,573
| {{Percentage | 20573 | 291505 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Attock District]]
| 20,120
| {{Percentage | 20120 | 675875 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Jhang District]]
| 12,238
| {{Percentage | 12238 | 821631 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Mianwali District]]
| 6,865
| {{Percentage | 6865 | 506321 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Muzaffargarh District]]
| 5,882
| {{Percentage | 5882 | 712849 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Dera Ghazi Khan District]]
| 1,072
| {{Percentage | 1072 | 581350 | 2 }}
|-
| Biloch Trans–Frontier Tract
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 40246 | 3 }}
|-
! Total Sikhs
! 1,530,112
! {{Percentage | 1530112 | 17350103 | 2 }}
|-
! Total Population
! 17,350,103
! {{Percentage | 17350103 | 17350103 | 2 }}
|}
{{smaller|*Note: Territory comprises the contemporary state of [[Punjab, Pakistan]].}}

==== Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ====
[[File:45th Sikh Regiment escorting prisoners - 2nd afghan war.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[45th Rattray's Sikhs|45th Sikh Regiment]] escorting Afghan prisoners through the [[Khyber Pass]] during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] (1878)]]
[[File:Peshawar Fort WDL11466.png|thumb|200px|right|Sikhs at the [[Peshawar]] [[Fortification|Fort]] (1879–1880)]]
[[File:Akali Phula Singh Memorial.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Akali Phula Singh]] Memorial in [[Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Nowshera]] (Late 19th or early 20th century) ]]
[[File:The 52nd Sikh Regiment at Kohat, North-West Frontier Province in 1905 (1).jpg|thumb|200px|right|52nd Sikh Regiment in [[Kohat]], [[North-West Frontier Province]] (1905)]]
[[File:Sikh recruits at school (16074954163).jpg|thumb|200px|right|Sikh recruits at school in [[North-West Frontier Province]] (1933–1935)]]
[[File:Sikh sepoys, non-commissioned and Indian Officers in uniform and mufti (16669127486).jpg|thumb|200px|right|Sikh [[Sepoy|sepoys]], non-commissioned and Indian Officers in [[uniform]] and [[Mufti (dress)|mufti]] in [[North-West Frontier Province]] (1933–1935)]]
[[File:Hindus and Sikhs Migration to India.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Sikhs and Hindus of [[Bannu]] migrating to India during the [[Partition of India|partition of 1947]].]]

During the colonial era ([[British Raj|British India]]), prior to the [[Partition of India|partition in 1947]], [[Census in British India|decadal censuses]] enumerated religion in [[North-West Frontier Province]], and not in the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]]. Both administrative divisions later amalgamated to become [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]].

According to the 1941 census, the Sikh population in [[North-West Frontier Province]] (part of the region that composes contemporary [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]) was approximately 57,939, or 1.9 percent of the total population.<ref name="NWFP1941"/>{{rp|22}} At the district level in North-West Frontier Province, the largest Sikh concentrations existed in [[Peshawar District]] (Sikhs formed 2.82 percent of the total population and numbered 24,030 persons), [[Mardan District]] (2.34 percent or 11,838 persons), and [[Bannu District]] (2.07 percent or 6,112 persons).<ref name="NWFP1941"/>{{rp|22–23}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Sikhs in the districts of [[North-West Frontier Province|North–West Frontier Province]] (1941)<ref name="NWFP1941"/>{{rp|22–23}}
! rowspan="2" |[[Districts of British India|District]]
! colspan="2" |[[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
|-
![[Population]]
!Percentage
|-
| [[Peshawar District]]
| 24,030
| {{Percentage | 24030 | 851833 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Mardan District]]
| 11,838
| {{Percentage | 11838 | 506539 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Hazara District]]
| 9,220
| {{Percentage | 9220 | 796230 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Bannu District]]
| 6,112
| {{Percentage | 6112 | 295930 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Kohat District]]
| 4,349
| {{Percentage | 4349 | 289404 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Dera Ismail Khan District]]
| 2,390
| {{Percentage | 2390 | 298131 | 2 }}
|-
! Total Sikhs
! 57,939
! {{Percentage | 57939 | 3038067 | 2 }}
|-
! Total Population
! 3,038,067
! {{Percentage | 3038067 | 3038067 | 2 }}
|}

At the [[tehsil]] level in [[North-West Frontier Province]], as per the 1941 census, the largest Sikh concentrations existed in [[Peshawar Tehsil]] (Sikhs formed 3.97 percent of the total population and numbered 15,454 persons), [[Kohat Tehsil]] (3.15 percent or 3,613 persons), [[Nowshera Tehsil]] (3.04 percent or 6,636 persons), [[Mardan Tehsil]] (3.04 percent or 9,091 persons), and [[Bannu Tehsil]] (2.82 percent or 5,285 persons).<ref name="NWFP1941"/>{{rp|30}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Sikhs in the tehsils of [[North-West Frontier Province|North–West Frontier Province]] (1941)<ref name="NWFP1941"/>{{rp|30}}
! rowspan="2" |[[Tehsil]]
! colspan="2" |[[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
|-
![[Population]]
!Percentage
|-
| [[Peshawar Tehsil]]
| 15,454
| {{Percentage | 15454 | 389329 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Mardan Tehsil]]
| 9,091
| {{Percentage | 9091 | 299384 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Nowshera Tehsil]]
| 6,636
| {{Percentage | 6636 | 218258 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Abbottabad Tehsil]]
| 6,035
| {{Percentage | 6035 | 308518 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Bannu Tehsil]]
| 5,285
| {{Percentage | 5285 | 187598 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Kohat Tehsil]]
| 3,613
| {{Percentage | 3613 | 114616 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Swabi Tehsil]]
| 2,747
| {{Percentage | 2747 | 207155 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Haripur Tehsil]]
| 2,011
| {{Percentage | 2011 | 187854 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Charsadda Tehsil]]
| 1,940
| {{Percentage | 1940 | 244246 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Dera Ismail Khan Tehsil]]
| 1,740
| {{Percentage | 1740 | 187585 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Mansehra Tehsil]]
| 965
| {{Percentage | 965 | 243203 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Lakki Marwat Tehsil|Marwat Tehsil]]
| 817
| {{Percentage | 817 | 108332 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Hangu Tehsil]]
| 650
| {{Percentage | 650 | 62079 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Tank Tehsil]]
| 401
| {{Percentage | 401 | 55664 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Kulachi Tehsil]]
| 249
| {{Percentage | 249 | 54882 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Amb (princely state)|Amb Tehsil]]
| 195
| {{Percentage | 195 | 47916 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Teri, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Teri Tehsil]]
| 86
| {{Percentage | 86 | 112709 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Phulra|Phulra Tehsil]]
| 14
| {{Percentage | 14 | 8739 | 2 }}
|-
! Total Sikhs
! 57,929
! {{Percentage | 57929 | 3038067 | 2 }}
|-
! Total Population
! 3,038,067
! {{Percentage | 3038067 | 3038067 | 2 }}
|}
According to the 1941 census, the Sikh population in urban portions of [[North-West Frontier Province]] was approximately 41,399, or 7.5 percent of the total urban population.<ref name="NWFP1941"/>{{rp|19}} [[Cities]]/[[Urban area|urban areas]] in North-West Frontier Province with the largest Sikh concentrations included [[Mardan]] (Sikhs formed 14.15 percent of the total population and numbered 6,014 persons), [[Bannu]] (12.71 percent or 4,894 persons), [[Risalpur]] (11.37 percent or 1,024 persons), [[Haripur, Pakistan|Haripur]] (11.1 percent or 1,035 persons), and [[Abbottabad]] (9.77 percent or 2,680 persons).<ref name="NWFP1941"/>{{rp|19}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Sikhs in the [[cities]] of [[North-West Frontier Province]] (1941)<ref name="NWFP1941"/>{{rp|19}}
! rowspan="2" |[[City]]/[[Urban area|Urban Area]]
! colspan="2" |[[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
|-
![[Population]]
!Percentage
|-
| [[Peshawar]]{{efn|name=CityA}}
| 14,245
| {{Percentage | 14245 | 173420 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Mardan]]{{efn|name=CityA}}
| 6,014
| {{Percentage | 6014 | 42494 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Bannu]]{{efn|name=CityA}}
| 4,894
| {{Percentage | 4894 | 38504 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Nowshera]]{{efn|name=CityB|Includes total [[Cantonment]] and [[Notified area]] population.}}
| 4,253
| {{Percentage | 4253 | 44022 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Kohat]]{{efn|name=CityA}}
| 3,562
| {{Percentage | 3562 | 44977 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Abbottabad]]{{efn|name=CityA|Includes total Municipality and [[Cantonment]] population.}}
| 2,680
| {{Percentage | 2680 | 27424 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Dera Ismail Khan]]{{efn|name=CityB}}
| 1,412
| {{Percentage | 1412 | 51306 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Haripur, Pakistan|Haripur]]
| 1,035
| {{Percentage | 1035 | 9322 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Risalpur]]
| 1,024
| {{Percentage | 1024 | 9007 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Lakki Marwat|Lakki]]{{efn|name=CityC}}
| 548
| {{Percentage | 548 | 10141 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Mansehra]]
| 375
| {{Percentage | 375 | 10217 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Nawan Shehr]]{{efn|name=CityC}}
| 309
| {{Percentage | 309 | 6414 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Charsadda]]
| 294
| {{Percentage | 294 | 16845 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Tank (city)|Tank]]{{efn|name=CityC}}
| 181
| {{Percentage | 181 | 9089 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Utmanzai, Charsadda|Utmanzai]]
| 171
| {{Percentage | 171 | 10129 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Kot Najeebullah|Kot Najibullah]]
| 156
| {{Percentage | 156 | 5315 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Kulachi]]{{efn|name=CityC}}
| 138
| {{Percentage | 138 | 8840 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Baffa]]{{efn|name=CityC|Includes total [[Notified area]] population.}}
| 81
| {{Percentage | 81 | 7988 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Cherat]]
| 25
| {{Percentage | 25 | 337 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Tangi, Pakistan|Tangi]]
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 12906 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Prang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Parang]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 13496 | 2 }}
|-
! Total Urban Sikh Population
! 41,399
! {{Percentage | 41399 | 552193 | 2 }}
|-
! Total Urban Population
! 552,193
! {{Percentage | 552193 | 552193 | 2 }}
|}

==== Balochistan ====
According to the 1941 census, the Sikh population in [[Baluchistan Agency]] (the region that composes contemporary [[Balochistan, Pakistan]]) was approximately 12,044, or 1.4 percent of the total population.<ref name="baluchistan1941"/>{{rp|13–18}} At the district/princely state level in Baluchistan Agency, the largest Sikh concentrations existed in [[Quetta District|Quetta]]–[[Pishin District|Pishin]] District (Sikhs formed 5.62 percent of the total population and numbered 8,787 persons), [[Bolan District]] (3.06 percent or 184 persons), [[Zhob District]] (1.75 percent or 1,076 persons), [[Loralai District]] (1.34 percent or 1,124 persons), and [[Chagai District|Chaghai District]] (0.6 percent or 181 persons).<ref name="baluchistan1941"/>{{rp|13–18}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Sikhs in the [[Districts of British India|districts]] and [[Princely state|princely states]] of [[Baluchistan Agency]] (1941)<ref name="baluchistan1941"/>{{rp|13–18}}
! rowspan="2" |[[Districts of British India|District]]/ [[Princely state|Princely State]]
! colspan="2" |[[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
|-
![[Population]]
!Percentage
|-
| [[Quetta District|Quetta]]–[[Pishin District|Pishin]] District
| 8,787
| {{Percentage | 8,787 | 156289 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Loralai District]]
| 1,124
| {{Percentage | 1,124 | 83685 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Zhob District]]
| 1,076
| {{Percentage | 1,076 | 61499 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Sibi District]]
| 566
| {{Percentage | 566 | 164899 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Bolan District]]
| 184
| {{Percentage | 184 | 6009 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Chagai District|Chaghai District]]
| 181
| {{Percentage | 181 | 29950 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Kalat State]]
| 79
| {{Percentage | 79 | 253305 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Las Bela State]]
| 47
| {{Percentage | 47 | 69067 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Kharan State]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 33832 | 2 }}
|-
! Total Sikhs
! 12,044
! {{Percentage | 12044 | 857835 | 2 }}
|-
! Total Population
! 857,835
! {{Percentage | 857835 | 857835 | 2 }}
|}

According to the 1941 census, the Sikh population in urban portions of [[Baluchistan Agency]] was approximately 11,041, or 9.7 percent of the total urban population.<ref name="baluchistan1941"/>{{rp|13–14}} [[Cities]]/[[Urban area|urban areas]] in Baluchistan Agency with the largest Sikh concentrations included [[Loralai]] (Sikhs formed 21.9 percent of the total population and numbered 1,116 persons), [[Quetta]] (11.42 percent or 7,364 persons), [[Fort Sandeman]] (10.73 percent or 1,004 persons), [[Chaman]] (10.48 percent or 697 persons), and [[Pishin, Pakistan|Pishin]] (9.68 percent or 183 persons).<ref name="baluchistan1941"/>{{rp|13–14}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Sikhs in the [[cities]] of Baluchistan Agency (1941)<ref name="baluchistan1941"/>{{rp|13–14}}
! rowspan="2" |[[City]]/[[Urban area|Urban Area]]
! colspan="2" |[[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
|-
![[Population]]
!Percentage
|-
| [[Quetta]]{{efn|name=City|Includes town and [[cantonment]]}}
| 7,364
| {{Percentage | 7364 | 64476 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Loralai]]{{efn|name=City}}
| 1,116
| {{Percentage | 1116 | 5095 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Fort Sandeman]]{{efn|name=City}}
| 1,004
| {{Percentage | 1004 | 9353 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Chaman]]{{efn|name=City}}
| 697
| {{Percentage | 697 | 6650 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Sibi]]
| 362
| {{Percentage | 362 | 8854 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Pishin, Pakistan|Pishin]]
| 183
| {{Percentage | 183 | 1890 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Machh]]
| 121
| {{Percentage | 121 | 2220 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Usta Muhammad|Usta]]
| 77
| {{Percentage | 77 | 1925 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Bela, Pakistan|Bela]]
| 47
| {{Percentage | 47 | 3905 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Kalat, Pakistan|Kalat]]
| 33
| {{Percentage | 33 | 2463 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Mastung, Pakistan|Mastung]]
| 28
| {{Percentage | 28 | 3140 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Panjgur]]
| 9
| {{Percentage | 9 | 473 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Pasni (city)|Pasni]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 3616 | 2 }}
|-
! Total Urban Sikh Population
! 11,041
! {{Percentage | 11041 | 114060 | 2 }}
|-
! Total Urban Population
! 114,060
! {{Percentage | 114060 | 114060 | 2 }}
|}

== Religious Persecution ==
In Pakistan multiple incidents of discrimination against religious minorities have occurred. These attacks are usually blamed on religious extremists but certain laws in the Pakistan Criminal Code and government inaction are also thought to cause these attacks to surge.<ref name="dawn.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/761507/timeline-persecution-of-religious-minorities|title=Timeline: Persecution of religious minorities|access-date=6 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="hrwreport2014"/> Sunni militant groups operate with impunity across Pakistan, as law enforcement officials either turn a blind eye or appear helpless to prevent widespread attacks against religious minorities.<ref name="hrwreport2014">{{cite book|title=World Report 2014|url=https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/wr2014_web_0.pdf|year=2011|publisher=Human Rights Watch|pages=366–372}}</ref> Sikhs have been victims of massacres, targeted assassinations and [[forced conversion]]s, mostly in [[Peshawar]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/popular-pakistani-sikh-activist-shot-dead-in-peshawar/story-KKCgPj1j7w4ZVHYgk40UhJ_amp.html|title=Popular Pakistani Sikh activist shot dead in Peshawar|publisher=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/three-sikhs-beheaded-by-taliban-in-pak/articleshow/5601345.cms|title=Three Sikh beheaded by Taliban in Pakistan|publisher=Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/nation/politics/280720/india-protests-against-pakistans-move-to-convert-sikh-gurdwara-into-m.html|title=India protests against Pakistan's move to convert Sikh gurdwara into mosque in Lahore|publisher=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>

== Pakistani Sikh diaspora ==
Many Pakistani Sikhs have emigrated to countries like the [[United Kingdom]] (UK), [[Canada]] and [[Thailand]]. According to the UK's 2001 census, there were 346 Pakistani Sikhs in the UK. There is also a growing Pakistani Sikh expatriate community in the [[United Arab Emirates]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=6891&More=Y |title=Ethnic group by religion, April 2001: Census update |website=Statistics.gov.uk |access-date=2010-08-13}}</ref>

== Notable Pakistani Sikhs ==
Following are some of notable Pakistani Sikhs:

=== Politics ===
*[[Ramesh Singh Arora]]: first Sikh member of [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] of [[Pakistan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiadespatch.org/2013/05/17/sikh-nominated-to-provincial-assembly-in-pakistan/|title=Sikh nominated to Provincial Assembly in Pakistan h|website=Asiadespatch.org|access-date=16 December 2018|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150219/http://www.asiadespatch.org/2013/05/17/sikh-nominated-to-provincial-assembly-in-pakistan/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Suran Singh|Dr. Suran Singh]]: member of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly]]; served as Minister for Minorities<ref>{{cite news|title=Suran Singh, minister of Minorities for the province and a member of the ruling PTI|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/09/the-killing-of-the-sikhs/}}</ref>
*Gurdeep Singh: sikh member of the upper house of Pakistani Parliament after [[2021 Pakistani Senate election]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/international/gurdeep-singh-takes-oath-as-first-turban-clad-sikh-senator-of-pakistan|title=Gurdeep Singh takes oath as first turban-clad Sikh Senator of Pakistan}}</ref>

=== Music ===
The first Pakistani Sikh musician also emerged on the music industry in 2009, [[Jassi Lailpuria]], launched his first song on independence day entitled, [[Sohna Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy0S6iqLwXw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211133642/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy0S6iqLwXw |archive-date=2011-12-11 |url-status=dead|title=Sohna Pakistan by Jassi Lailpura |website=Youtube.com |access-date=2011-01-02}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?}} A Sikh named Taranjeet Singh is an VJ, anchor and host on [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV channel]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The ceremony also featured a concert and speeches from at least 10 "youth icons", PTV host Taranjeet Singh|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/389974/young-workers-50000-internships-for-students-under-youth-policy/|website=Tribune.com.pk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Taranjeet Singh from PTV shared their experiences with the youth|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/29/city/lahore/asian-youth-peace-festival-kicks-off/|website=Pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref>

Rupinder Singh Magon ([[Rup Magon]]), from the band [[Josh (band)|Josh]], is also a superstar in Pakistan and is he was also part of [[Coke Studio (Pakistan)|Coke Studio]].

== Sikh Gurdwaras in Pakistan ==

{{Main|List of Gurdwaras in Pakistan}}

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="180" heights="180">

File:Gurdwara Dera Sahib and Samadhi of Ranjit Singh.jpg|Golden dome of [[Gurdwara Dera Sahib]] in Lahore

File:The Entrance of Janam Asthan-2.jpg|The [[Gurdwara Janam Asthan]] in [[Nankana Sahib]], [[Pakistan]], commemorates the site where Guru Nanak is believed to have been born. It was rebuilt by the Pakistani Government
File:Gudwara Panja Sahib - Flickr - Al Jazeera English (1).jpg|[[Gurdwara Panja Sahib]] in Punjab
File:Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur 04.jpg|Darbar Sahib, [[gurdwara]] commemorating [[Guru Nanak]], in Kartarpur, Pakistan
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Pakistan Sikh Council]]
* [[Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee]]
* [[2010 Sikh beheadings by the Taliban]]
* [[History of Sikhism]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.twocircles.net/2010feb22/muslim_leaders_condemn_brutal_killing_sikhs_taliban_pakistan.html Muslim leaders condemn brutal killing of Sikhs by Taliban in Pakistan]. TCN News.
* {{cite web|url=http://www.sikh-destination-wedding.com/|title=Pakistan: Insufficient protection of Sikh destination religious minorities|publisher=[[Amnesty International]]|access-date=2010-08-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829132215/http://www.sikh-destination-wedding.com/|archive-date=29 August 2017}}
* {{cite news |first=Matt |last=Frei |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/1756957.stm |title=Time stands still at Khyber Pass |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=2010-08-13}}
* {{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1593075.stm |title=Sikh Families Escape Afghanistan |first=Asit |last=Jolly |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=2010-08-13}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/discussion.nsf/35323e0b7b32649a87256ca300640309/1A29981212323A0C87256D91003A76EB!OpenDocument |title=NWFP Sikhs sore over denial of visas to India |first=Yudhvir |last=Rana |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2010-08-13}}

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