ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmad Monday directed the authorities concerned to rebuild the shrine of a Hindu saint in Karak that was burned last year by a mob.The orders.
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmad Monday directed the authorities concerned to rebuild the shrine of a Hindu saint in Karak that was burned last year by a mob.The orders.
Updated Feb 09, 2021 · 11:37 pm A police officer stands guard at the burnt Hindu temple in Karak district. | Abdul Majeed/AFP
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday ordered the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to immediately start rebuilding a Hindu temple, which was set on fire by a mob in December, reported
The Express Tribune. The court also asked the provincial government to submit a timeline for the completion of the temple in Karak district.
On December 30, a mob led by a local cleric and supporters of a religious political party, attacked the shrine after the Hindu community was granted permission from local authorities to renovate the temple. A first information report was registered against two clerics, identified as Maulana Faizullah and Maulvi Mohammad Sharif, and many unidentified people.
Pakistan s Supreme Court orders rebuilding of vandalised Hindu temple, seeks timeline for completion The attack on the temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa s Karak district drew strong condemnation from human rights activists and the minority Hindu community leaders File image of the Pakistan Supreme Court. Reuters
Islamabad: Pakistan s Supreme Court has ordered the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government to immediately start rebuilding a century-old Hindu temple that was vandalised by a mob in the province, and submit a timeline for its completion.
The attack on the temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa s Karak district by members of radical Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party (Fazal ur Rehman group) in December drew strong condemnation from human rights activists and the minority Hindu community leaders, prompting the apex court to order its reconstruction last month.
The Pakistan Supreme Court has directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government to start the immediate rebuilding of a Hindu temple which was set on fire by a mob in December 2020.On December 30, 2020, an unruly crowd set fire to the .