Hindu minister attacked during protest in Pakistan

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A Hindu minister in Pakistan was attacked in Sindh by protesters opposing the government's irrigation canal projects in the country's southern province. 

The motorcade of state minister for religious affairs, Kheal Das Kohistani, was passing through the province when protesters threw potatoes and tomatoes on it.

Kohistani, a minister in the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led federal government, was unharmed in the attack in Thatta district in Sindh, a province which has a sizeable minority population, particularly Hindus.

Sharif condemned the attack on Kohistani and assured him of a thorough probe into the incident. "The attack on public representatives is unacceptable. The persons involved in the incident would be given exemplary punishment," he said.