KARAK: At least 12 policemen have been fired from their job for showing negligent and irresponsible behaviour in the mob attack on the Hindu shrine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak.On December.
SC directs rebuilding of temple
On January 5, the Supreme Court directed KP government to rebuild the temple by recovering the amount from Maulvi Sharif one of the prime suspects behind the demolition.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar heard a suo motu case pertaining to the demolition of the religious site that consists of a temple as well as the shrine of a saint.
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During the hearing, the bench was irked by the KP Police s failure to protect the Hindu temple. Justice Ahsan questioned how the incident could occur with a police picket so close by. What was your intelligence agency doing when the mob was gathering?
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12 Police Officials Dismissed Over Attack On Hindu Temple In Pakistan 12 Police Officials Dismissed Over Attack On Hindu Temple In Pakistan The government also forfeited one-year service of 33 police officials in connection with the incident.
The temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa s Karak district was attacked on December 30 (File)
Peshawar:
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government in Pakistan has dismissed 12 police officials following an enquiry report that found them guilty of negligence in protecting a Hindu temple in the province, which was torched by a mob led by members of a radical Islamist party.
The government also forfeited one-year service of 33 police officials in connection with the incident.
Peshawar, January 14
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government in Pakistan has dismissed 12 police officials following an enquiry report that found them guilty of "negligence" in protecting a Hind