Tax on Religious Minorities in Pakistan

It's been in the news quite a bit recently: religious minority groups, the most conspicuous of which are Sikhs, must pay jizya, or poll tax. Some have compared it to a Mafia-style protection payment.

Interesting thing is, though, the parallel governments in Pakistan. People ask is Pakistan going to break up? My question is, did it already?

"Minorities in Orakzai and Khyber were warned by some militant groups to become Muslims or leave the area. This was a real threat," Singh said.

"They're running a parallel government. Hindu and Sikh families did not feel safe, in Orakzai, in Bara and in Tirah. We preferred to migrate, at least here we can breathe in peace and feel safe," he said.

Anyways, Sikhs in Pakistan is a fascinating topic, how cool would it be for someone to do more research on it.