‘Hindu temples within the nation uncared for,’ Commission appointed by Pakistan’s Supreme Court says

Much has been written about how Pakistan commits unspeakable atrocities in opposition to its minorities which has resulted in a extreme plummeting of the minority inhabitants. However, of late, even the Pakistan Supreme Court is lambasting the authorities for his or her remedy of the nation’s minorities. Now, a Pakistan Supreme Court appointed fee has said that almost all Hindu temples in nation has been uncared for.Pakistan’s Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) is again in limelight because the Pakistan SC lambasted the functioning of the physique because it held it accountable for the poor situations and neglect that Hindu worshipping locations in Pakistan have suffered through the years.The one-man fee of Dr Shoaib Suddle in its report highlighted how the Hindu group’s most revered and historical websites within the nation are in a state of ravage and decay.The report said, “Pictures showing dismal condition of katas raj temples chakwal, and parlahd mandir multan- That the One-Man Commission visited the Katas Raj Mandir Chakwal, and Parlahd Mandir Multan on January 6, 2021, and January 7, 2021 respectively. The general picture of decay and obliteration of two of four most revered evacuee sites in Pakistan is evident from the photographs at Annex-E and Annex-F respectively.”The report advisable collaborative efforts to renovate renovate Terri Mandir (Karak), Katas Raj Temples (Chakwal), Prahlad Mandir (Multan) and Hinglaj Mandir (Lasbela).The report didn’t mince its phrases and strongly hit out on the ETPB because it said, “It is indeed strange that even in this age of technology the ETPB has yet to get the evacuee properties Geo-tagged. That the statistics of Gurdawaras though give a relatively bit better picture (18 or 17.1% out of 105 being managed by ETPB), it still is far from appearing envious. That ETPB, with its staff, spread in all corners of Pakistan and huge paraphernalia, is managing 13+18= 31 worship places out of a total of 470 (or only 6.6% of the total).”The fee was arrange within the mild of how an historical Hindu temple in Terri village in Khyber Paktunkhwa’s Karak district was obliterated by members of the unconventional Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam celebration.The assault on the temple grabbed world headlines with the Pakistan Supreme Court ordering its reconstruction. In a powerful ruling, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed ordered the Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB) – which is a statutory board of the Government of Pakistan, to reconstruct the temple. The ruling said that the incident of vandalising over 100-year-old temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district introduced “international shame to Pakistan”.Read More: Pak to reconstruct temple: Vandalizing of Hindu temples was widespread in Pakistan, but it surely can not proceed like that anymoreAdditionally, the court docket requested EPTB to submit particulars of all purposeful and non-functional temples and gurdwaras throughout the nation. The EPTB which administers properties left behind by Hindus and Sikhs after the partition in 1947, was additionally ordered to clear all of the encroachments from temples throughout the nation whereas additionally appearing in opposition to the officers who had been concerned within the encroachments.Read More: Hindus of Pakistan: They didn’t deserve it. But they bore the brunt of being born on the incorrect facet of HistoryAs successive Pakistan governments have failed to guard the minority communities within the nation, plainly the Pakistan SC has taken matter in its personal palms to safeguard the nation’s minority inhabitants, nevertheless, this can be a case of too little too late.