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Pak law officer who swept Indian gurdwara floors sacked without reason
Updated On: 02 August, 2012 01:21 PM IST | | Agencies
The Pakistan Government has sacked a top law officer who swept floors, washed dishes and polished shoes at shrines and places of worship during a recent official trip to India to "promote inter-faith harmony"
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Muhammad Khurshid Khan, a deputy attorney general based in Peshawar, said he has been de-notified and replaced with Farooq Shah, The Express Tribune reports.
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Khan made headlines in the media this March by sweeping floors and polishing the shoes of devotees at Sikh gurdwaras in India. According to Khan, he did it "to heal the wounds of minorities in Pakistan" and he called it a "penance for his crimes".
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Muhammad Khurshid Khan shines the shoes of Sikh devotees at a shrine in India. Photo: AFP
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