Pakistan to provide free technical education to some children of minority communities: Official
The decision was taken at the board meeting of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) which looks after the holy places of minorities in the country.
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LAHORE:Pakistan has decided to provide free technical education to a group of children belonging to the minority Hindu and Sikh communities as part of a scholarship programme from the 2021 academic year, an official said on Saturday.
The decision was taken at the board meeting of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) which looks after the holy places of minorities in the country.
Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) directed relevant authorities to start the restoration of the Hindu temple in Karak
Pakistan: 12 policemen fired over negligence during Karak s Hindu temple attack ANI | Updated: Jan 14, 2021 18:27 IST
Karak (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], January 14 (ANI): At least 12 Pakistani policemen have been fired from their job for showing negligent and irresponsible behaviour during the attack on Hindutemple, which was vandalised and set on fire by an angry mob, in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
On Thursday, the Karak district police ordered the dismissal of 12 policemen and a one-year suspension of 33 other cops on Thursday, Geo News reported.
Terry police SHO Rehmatullah and Banda police ASI Mujeebullah are among those who have been fired. The cops were dismissed in light of the inquiry report into the attack.
12 police officials dismissed for negligence in protecting Hindu temple from vandalism in Pakistan
The government also forfeited one-year service of 33 police officials in connection with the incident where a Hindu temple in the province was torched by a mob.
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A police officer stand guard in a Hindu temple which was demolished by a mob led by Islamists, in Pakistan s Karak. (File photo| AP) By PTI
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.