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| Outspoken are Hindus of Lahore | | Louder is cry for reconstruction of damaged temples | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, DEC 8
Pakistan's Hindu community has called for early reconstion of more than 1,000 temples across Pakistan. According to the All Pakistan Balmik Sabha (APBS), these temples had been damaged by violent Muslim mobs in December 1992 in protest against the demilition of the Babri Masjid in north Indian State of Utar Pradesh (UP).
Reports received in New Delhi from Lahore, the All Pakistan Balmik Sabha, which is a major Hindu organisation in Pakistan, has stated that no religion in the world permitted violence and blamed anti-human individuals in India of fanning religious hatred by demolishing the Babri Mosque on December 6, 1992.
JJ Vishnu Mangay Ram, former advocate general of the Sindh High Court and chairman of the APBS, was reported to have said in a media interview that the Babri Masjid demolition had "affected humanity" on both sides of the border. He demanded the Pakistan government fulfil its promise and reconstruct the places of worship of the minority Hindus.
APBS Balochistan President, Atnay Ram Chohan, said that more than 1,000 Hindu temples had been damaged in Pakistan following the Babari mosque incident and the government had assured the Hindu community that their places of worship would be restored, but that promise has yet to be fulfilled.
APBS Punjab general secretary, Dr Munohar Chand, has been reported to have stated that though the government had started reconstructing several temples in Multan, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Kohat, Bahawalpur and Lahore, the pace of work was slow and must be completed on priority to promote religious harmony in Pakistan.
He said that several temples in Lahore, including Jain Mandir, Krishna Mandir, Balmik Mandir in Nila Gumbad, Balmik Mandir and Bawa Mandir in Taxali Gate and Shah Alam Mandir, had been damaged in the violent protests in 1992, but the government had only reconstructed the Krishna Mandir on Ravi Road. He added that the government had reconstructed the Krishna Mandir structure, but ignored the traditional worship symbols.
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