Commission arrange by Pakistan’s SC slams Evacuee Trust Property Board for neglecting Hindu non secular shrines

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has reportedly slammed the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) in Pakistan for neglecting the Hindu non secular websites within the nation based mostly on a report submitted to it. According to stories, a one-man fee was arrange by the Supreme Court comprising of Dr Shoaib Suddle, with three supporting members specifically Dr Ramesh Vankwani, Saqib Jillani and the lawyer normal of Pakistan.
Hindu non secular websites mendacity in a state of decay: Commission
The report of the fee that was submitted earlier than the Supreme Court on February 5 offered a worrisome image of the Hindu group’s most revered non secular websites in at present’s Pakistan. The report stated the websites have been mendacity in a state of decay. The fee visited the Katas Raj temples, Chakwal and Prahlad Mandir, Multan on January 6, 2021, and January 7, 2021, respectively and noticed that the websites had been mendacity uncared for. The report known as for a collaborative effort to renovate Terri Mandir, Karak, Katas Raj temples, Chakwal, Prahlad Mandir, Multan and Hinglaj Mandir, Lasbela.
A letter of the ETPB reportedly acknowledged that out of 365 Hindu temples in Pakistan, solely 13 (3.6%) are being managed by the board, 65 (17.8%) have been left to the Hindu group and the remaining 287 (78.6%) have been deserted to the land mafias. “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 Gurudwaras though give a relatively bit better picture (18 or 17.1% out of 105 being managed by the 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 total 470 (or only 6.6% of the total)”, the Commission reportedly acknowledged. On January 5, the Supreme Court had directed the ETPB to submit an in depth report of all temples, gurudwaras and different non secular websites throughout Pakistan which got here underneath its purview.
Commission calls ETPB an outdated physique, suggests amendments
The fee in its reportedly known as out the ETPB for not responding to the Supreme Court instructions on time and never cooperating within the reconstruction of the Terri Mandir that was torched by Islamic fanatics in December final 12 months. “That as a last resort, Pakistan Hindu Council requested the ETPB to accord them permission to start restoration work of from their own resources (the ownership staying with the ETPB). Yet the ETPB neither visited the site during the construction phase nor afterwards. Nor did ETPB show any interest in assessing the number of pilgrims coming to Teri from as far as Sindh by road, and hardships faced by them”, the report acknowledged. The Commission termed the ETPB an outdated physique and instructed amendments to show it into a company physique that may ship its goals and objects effectively, pretty and transparently in shut cooperation with the evacuee communities.
The Commission beneficial the Supreme Court to kind a Working Group consisting of Chairman ETPB, Federal Secretary Heritage, Provincial Secretary Archaeology, DG Walled City Lahore, Mr. Nayyar Ali Dada (Architect), Prof. Sajjad Kausar (former Principal NCA), Prof. Sajida Vandal and one consultant every from Hindu and Sikh communities.