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Islamabad– A report submitted at the Pakistan Supreme Court has revealed that most of the Hindu holy sites across the country were a “picture of neglect”, it was reported on Monday.
The report was submitted on February 5 by the one-man Shoaib Suddle Commission, which was set up by the apex court, Dawn news said in a report.
It regretted that the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), which maintains Hindu and Sikh places of worship in Pakistan, “failed to maintain most of the ancient and holy sites of the minority community”.
On January 6 and 7, the Commission visited the Katas Raj Mandir in Chakwal and Prahlad Mandir in Multan, respectively, and in the report it decpited a general picture of decay and obliteration of two of the four most revered evacuee sites in Pakistan.
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 has failed miserably to protect Hindus, their temples
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New Delhi, Feb 9 : A one-man commission constituted by the Pakistani Supreme Court in 2019 to oversee implementation of its judgement on minority rights has in its report submitted last week revealed a shocking state of some of the most revered Hindu sites in the country.
The Shoaib Suddle Commission told the highest appellate court of the country that the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) has failed to maintain most of the ancient and holy sites of the minority community. Headquartered in Lahore, ETPB was established in 1960 to look after the evacuee trust properties/land left over by the Sikh/Hindus who migrated to India during partition in 1947-48.
Hindus’ holy sites a picture of neglect, says commission
Sun Online Desk
9th February, 2021 04:45:41
ISLAMABAD: The seventh report of the one-man Dr Shoaib Suddle commission submitted to the Supreme Court has depicted a dismal picture of most revered Hindu sites in the country.
The report submitted to the apex court on February 5 regrets that the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) has failed to maintain most of the ancient and holy sites of the minority community.
The commission visited Katas Raj Mandir in Chakwal on January 6 and Prahlad Mandir in Multan on January 7. The report presents a general picture of decay and obliteration of two of the four most revered evacuee sites in Pakistan and their photographs have been attached to the report.
A report submitted at the Pakistan Supreme Court has revealed that most of the Hindu holy sites across the country were a "picture of neglect", it was reported on Monday.The report was submitted on February 5 by the one-man Shoaib .