Tag: Hindu temple
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Mob attacks 100-year-old Hindu temple in Rawalpindi
A group of unidentified people attacked a century-old Hindu temple undergoing renovation in Rawalpindi. Read more – Nine people arrested after mob sets ablaze Hindu temple in Karak The incident took place in Rawalpindi’s Purana Qila area on Saturday when 10 to 15 people attacked the temple damaging the main door and another door in…
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Mob managed to destroy Hindu temple due to ‘cowardice’ of policemen, says KP IG
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief Sanaullah Abbasi criticised the police officials over their failure to confront the mob that demolished a Hindu temple in Karak last week, saying the extremists were able to destroy the religious site due to the “cowardice and negligence” of the policemen. IG Abbasi told reporters outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday…
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Nine people arrested after mob sets ablaze Hindu temple in Karak
After a mob provoked by local clerics destroyed a Hindu temple in Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Wednesday, police have detained nine suspects in the case. Videos making rounds on social media showed thick smoke billowing from the site as men used hammers to damage the walls of the building. They also set it on fire. Local…
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2020 rewind: News that brought a smile to our faces
2020 has pretty much been all about COVID-19 and the pandemic. The year has perhaps been one of the most challenging ones in recent times and has been difficult for everyone. As the year nears its end, The Current decided to look back and reflect upon some happy moments which brought a smile to our…
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1,300-year-old Hindu temple discovered in KP
A Hindu temple, believed to be 1,300 years ago, has been discovered by Pakistani and Italian archaeological experts at a mountain in Swat district. The discovery was reportedly made during an excavation at Barikot Ghundai. According to Fazle Khaliq of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Department of Archaeology, the temple discovered is of Lord Vishnu. It was built…
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Hamza Ali Abbasi lauds CII’s approval of Hindu temple construction
Hamza Ali Abbasi has said the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) approving the construction of the Hindu temple in Islamabad is a sign of hope. Sharing the news on Twitter, the actor said: “Shukar Allah…hope”. When a social media user commented that he should go and worship there, Hamza said: “It’s a temple for our…
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Top Islamic council allows construction of Hindu temple in Islamabad
The Council of Islamic Ideology, a top constitutional body responsible for giving legal advice on Islamic issues to the government, has ruled that there were no constitutional or sharia constraints against constructing a Hindu temple in Islamabad or any other place in the country. The CII, in a meeting on Wednesday, also allowed the government…
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Minorities & Pakistan
Last month, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan approved a grant of Rs100 million for the construction of Islamabad’s first Hindu temple, which Minister for Religious Affairs Pir Noorul Haq Qadri had requested. Plan of the Sri Krishna Mandir complex was approved under the government of PML-N but the construction was delayed due to protests by…
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Channel boasts getting construction of first Hindu temple in Islamabad stopped, backtracks later
A private media outlet that had claimed credit for getting stopped the construction of Islamabad’s first Hindu temple later retracted its story amid severe backlash. As per the details, the construction of the first Hindu temple in the federal capital has been stopped by the authorities after fierce opposition from religious hardliners as well as…
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Groundbreaking: Islamabad to get its first Hindu temple
In a first, a ceremony was held to start construction of a Hindu temple in the federal capital, Dawn reported. According to reports, a crematorium will also be built in Islamabad for the Hindu community, members of which earlier had to travel out of the city to perform religious rituals. The Krishna temple will be…