CJ takes notice of Hindu temple desecration as police make arrests
Supreme Court to take up case on Jan 5; the cleric who instigates attack belongs to JUI-F
Resentful local residents attacked a Hindu temple in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa s Karak district on December 30, 2020. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed will take up the desecration of a Hindu shrine/temple in Karak district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) by a mob as police on Thursday rounded up dozens of suspects – including the cleric who had instigated the attack.
The top judge also directed the One Man Commission on Minorities Rights, the provincial chief secretary and police chief to visit the site and submit a report on the incident, according to a statement issued by the apex court.
Clerics among 26 held after Hindu temple set ablaze in Karak
Police looking for further 50 people identified from the videos of the attack
Around 1,500 people descended on the temple after staging a protest against renovations at an adjoining building owned by Hindu community. PHOTO: EXPRESS
At least two dozen people, including several clerics, were detained on Thursday after a mob attacked and set fire to a Hindu temple in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa s Karak district, police said.
Around 1,500 people descended on the temple after staging a protest against renovations at an adjoining building owned by Hindu community.
The temple is located in a remote village of Terri in Karak, some 160 kilometres southeast of Peshawar.
PPP MNA Noor Muhammad Shah dies of coronavirus
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He was elected from Tharparkar on ticket of PPP.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Member of National Assembly (MNA) belonging Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Noor Muhammad Shah has passed away due to novel coronavirus on Thursday.
As per details, MNA Noor Muhammad Shah was getting treatment in a private hospital in Karachi after testing positive for the deadly virus.
He was elected from Tharparkar on ticket of PPP.
On the other hand, On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 111 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 465,070. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 9,668.
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A wall measuring 10 feet in height is going to cover the length of 30 km.
Security experts believe that since the PLA is working at a war scale to establish a military base in Gwadar.
Baloch nationalists and leaders in exile argue that fencing is to ensure a rapid demographic change in the region by replacing Balochis with Punjabis and Pakhtuns.
New Delhi: The CPEC Authority - a joint institution of Pakistani and Chinese governments to oversee CPEC projects has started to construct a fenced wall around the city of Gwadar, creating massive discontent and furore in the region. A wall measuring 10 feet in height is going to cover the length of 30 km.
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