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Pakistan: Hindus Allowed To Build Long-stalled Krishna Temple
Pakistan's state-run Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has allowed Hindus to build the long-stalled Krishna Temple in Islamabad. The cleric council had earlier issued a fatwa against the construction after the Islamabad Hindu Panchayat approached the government with a demand of donation for building the temple. Lal Chand Malhi, the ruling party's assembly member, said that the temple premise will have a community centre and cremation ground… read-more
Tags: islamabad, hindu temple, Pakistan Government, Krishna Temple
Courtesy: Times Of India
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1300-year-old Vishnu Temple Built By Hindu Shahis Unearthed In Pakistan
A 1300-year-old Hindu-temple has been unearthed during an excavation at Pakistan's Barikot Ghundai by a team of Pakistani and Italian archaeologists. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Archaeology Department official Fazle Khaliq stated that the temple was of God Vishnu. Besides, he guessed that the temple would have been built during the Hindu Shahi dynasty. The archaeologists have also found traces of cantonment, water tanks, and watchtowers at the… read-more
Tags: Pakistan, hindu temple, Vishnu, Archeologists
Courtesy: The Tribune India
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Pakistan: Religious Council Advises PM to Allow Construction of Hindu Temple in Islamabad
A cleric-council in Pakistan gave nod to construction of a temple in Islamabad and warned against utilisation of public funds for it’s construction. The decision came after PM Imran ordered to stop construction in June and asked cleric-council to take a call. Earlier, some radical-Muslims had threatened the government, calling it a 'blasphemy'. Currently there is only one temple in Islamabad for 3000 Hindus who abstain to visit the place… read-more
Tags: Pakistan, islamabad, Clerics, hindu temple, blasphemy, Radical muslims, Hindu minority, Imran Khan
Courtesy: The Hindu
