Temple attack, an international embarrassment to country: Pak SC The apex court of Pakistan has ordered that the vandalised temple at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa be rebuilt, money recover from attackers
Sabrangindia06 Jan 2021
The Supreme court of Pakistan has ruled that the reconstruction of the century-old Hindu temple, that was vandalised in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last week, be done soon. The court said that the authorities must recover the money required for the restoration from those who attacked the temple. It observed that this the attack on a Hindu place of worship had caused international embarrassment to the country.
The Pakistan Supreme Court s order was passed on Tuesday, and has made it to international news, as it is now being read as one of the strongest pro-minority statements in the Islamic country. Pakistan’s apex court had asked the local authorities to appear before it on January 5.
Apex court orders reconstruction of Hindu temple
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB) to start reconstruction of the Hindu temple that was damaged by a mob in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) last week and suggested the money for repairs be footed by the perpetrators.
A three-member bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar heard a suo motu case regarding the burning of the temple in Karak, during which the court gave a number of directives to the ETPB, a federal body founded 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”, according to its official website.