Islamabad July 24 (IANS) Radesh Singh Tony has claimed that he will become the first candidate from Pakistan s Sikh community to contest an election for a general seat on Wednesday.
"I am probably the first minority member in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa who is contesting the elections as an independent candidate " Dawn reported him as saying.
"Normally members of our community are assigned tickets by political parties for reserved seats and not the general ones. Hence I have decided to contest the elections as an independent candidate and try my luck " Radesh Singh Tony said.
The PK-75 candidate is a prominent member of the local Sikh community and the president of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa s Pakistan Minorities Alliance.

--IANS ahm/bg