Sikhs here on Monday protested against the treatment meted out to the community members by militants in tribal areas of Pakistan and burnt effigies of the Taliban, Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani.

Led by Sikh Sangat Youth president Avtar Singh, over 1,000 youth took out anti-Taliban rally raising anti-Pakistan slogans in Diagiana ashram area of the Jammu city.

They also blocked the Jammu-Panthankote national highway for over three hours.

"We call upon the international community to intervene into the genocide of the Sikhs and Hindus in Pakistan's Aurakzai agency area," Singh told reporters.

Accusing the Pakistan government of ignoring Sikhs, he said they be provided help by the ruling dispensation.

The Taliban destroyed houses of Sikhs and attacked them at various place of Buner, Swat, Aurakzai agency in North West Forntier Province (NWFP) and forced their exodus from the region.

Protests were held in Nanknagar, Tallab Tilloo, Poonch and Udhampur districts also.