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January 6, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) Tuesday ordered reconstruction of the shrine of Hindu saint Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj, damaged by a mob in Karak with the money recovered from the maulvi and his followers who attacked and burnt the temple.
The court also sought a comprehensive report on functional and non-functional temples and Gurdwaras throughout the country.
A three-member SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, heard a suo motu case about desecration/ burning of shrine of the Hindu saint in Karak some days back. On Dec 31, the CJ had taken suo motu notice of the incident and had directed the One Man Commission on Minorities Rights, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary and inspector general of police (IGP) to visit the site and submit the compliance report.
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Pak pledges to rebuild Hindu temple demolished by Muslim fanatics
Omer Farooq Khan / TNN / Updated: Jan 2, 2021, 05:49 IST
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A policeman stands guard at the burnt Hindu temple a day after a mob attack in a remote village in Karak district, some 160 kms southeast of Peshawar on December 31, 2020. (AFP)
ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province announced on Friday the reconstruction of a Hindu temple that was vandalised and demolished by a mob earlier this week in Karak district, which borders the country’s volatile tribal region.