Gajinder Singh Safri Explained

Gajinder Singh Safri (25 December 1950 ā€“ 12 January 2020) was the second Sikh to be elected as a Member of Parliament in Afghanistan.[1] [2] He was the brother-in-law of Jai Singh Fani, the first Sikh MP, and secured representation in the 1988 parliamentary election.[3] Safri fled into United Kingdom after the Najbullah Ministry abdicated power in 1992; he has testified before the United Kingdom Immigration Appeal Tribunal as an expert witness about the severe risks faced by Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan under Taliban and other Mujahideen.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1 May 2019 . Brave Narinder Pal Singh nominated lone Sikh MP in Afghanistan . 2023-01-31 . The World Sikh News . en-GB.
  2. Web site: 17 January 2020 . IN MEMORIAM S. Gajinder Singh . 2023-01-31 . SikhNet . en.
  3. Wardak . Mohammad Omar . Religion, Politics and Education in Afghanistan, 1950sāˆ’1980s: The Case of Habibia High School . 2021 . The University of Sydney . 249.
  4. IB and TK (Sikhs, Risk on return, Objective evidence); [2004] UKIAT 150

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