September 20, 2024

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Pak to reconstruct temple: Vandalizing of Hindu temples was frequent in Pakistan, however it can not proceed like that anymore

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To be a minority in Pakistan is to sin, as over time unspeakable atrocities have been dedicated in opposition to them with the Pakistani authorities not solely appearing as a mere bystander but additionally tacitly aiding the perpetrators of heinous crimes. After an historical Hindu temple was vandalised by radical Islamists and left for ruins in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , it grabbed international headlines with the Pakistan Supreme Court ordering the reconstruction of the vandalised Hindu temple.In a robust 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 acknowledged that the incident of vandalising over 100-year-old temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district introduced “international shame to Pakistan”.Additionally, the court docket requested EPTB to submit particulars of all practical 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 have been concerned within the encroachments.The court docket was apprised by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Chief that 109 folks concerned within the vandalism of the traditional temple have been arrested with 92 police officers, together with the superintendent of police (SP) and deputy superintendent of police (DSP) who have been on responsibility on the time, have been suspended.Importantly, the court docket requested the EPTB to get well the prices of reconstruction from Maulvi Mohammad Sharif who’s suspected to be the important thing conspirator behind the vandalism of the temple. In truth, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has acknowledged that his authorities would reconstruct the temple on the shortest doable time.Reportedly, round 1,500 folks had participated within the assault on the temple which is believed to have been led by a bit of native clerics and supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam get together (Fazal ur Rehman group).A strongly worded ruling which seeks to reconstruct the temple and the next arrest of the perpetrators and the suspension of the officers clearly point out that the vandalising of Hindu Temples was a standard apply in Pakistan, can not maintain any longer because the worldwide stress on the nation is at an all time excessive and is pressured to behave or threat being fully remoted like North Korea.