Pak SC grants authorities two weeks to start reconstruction of Hindu temple destructed by mob

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on January 5 gave authorities two weeks to start the reconstruction of the Hindu temple demolished by a mob in Karak district. The temple was demolished and set on fire due to the negligence of local police on December 30.

On January 4 a one-man commission on the rights of minorities submitted its report to Pakistan's Supreme Court on the vandalisation of a Hindu temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, recommending that the shrine's land should be retrieved from land grabbers and the government should conduct a detailed inquiry into the attack.

The commission's chairman, Shuaib Suddle, visited the temple in Karak district and presented a comprehensive report in the case to the Supreme Court after it asked the Commission to probe the attack.

The report suggested collecting all the relevant details and evidence in the case. It also suggested to the KPK government to retrieve the temple land from the land grabbers.

Protesting against the expansion work at the shrine, a mob led by members of a radical Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party (Fazal ur Rehman group) demolished and set on fire the temple, which also had a samadhi of a Hindu religious leader, on Wednesday. Over 350 people have been named in the FIR. So far, 100 people have been arrested.