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On November 23, 2017, a three-judge Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, proceeded to a suo moto case hearing of the Katas Raj pond situated in the district of Chakwal, Punjab. The matter at hand concerned with the drying up of the pond due to cement factories nearby drawing a large amount of groundwater through a number of bore wells, severely reducing the sub-soil water level and the failure of the government to safeguard it. The bench describing the Katas Raj Temples, one of the most revered places of worship of the Hindu community, as a national heritage site, directed the federal and Punjab governments to form a special committee of experts to probe the issue.
...The fact is that in Pakistan, places of worship for minorities are either disappearing or subject to negligence by the state. As religious fanaticism keeps growing with a fast pace in Pakistan, and religious extremist groups get stronger by the day, places of worship of minorities are targeted, especially that of the Hindu minority. Though attacks on the holy places of religious minority communities have been taking place ever since the Indo-Pak partition in 1947, the attacks gained momentum after the Babri Mosque was destructed by Hindu fanatics in the Indian city of Ayodhya in 1992. According to Amarnath Motumal, Vice Chairperson of Pakistan Human Rights Commission’s Sindh Chapter, also member of the minority Hindu community, the main cause of attacks on Hindus and their holy places is religious extremism.
The suo moto case of the Katas Raj Temple pond - Daily Times
That's a big old loss on tourism right there.
...The fact is that in Pakistan, places of worship for minorities are either disappearing or subject to negligence by the state. As religious fanaticism keeps growing with a fast pace in Pakistan, and religious extremist groups get stronger by the day, places of worship of minorities are targeted, especially that of the Hindu minority. Though attacks on the holy places of religious minority communities have been taking place ever since the Indo-Pak partition in 1947, the attacks gained momentum after the Babri Mosque was destructed by Hindu fanatics in the Indian city of Ayodhya in 1992. According to Amarnath Motumal, Vice Chairperson of Pakistan Human Rights Commission’s Sindh Chapter, also member of the minority Hindu community, the main cause of attacks on Hindus and their holy places is religious extremism.
The suo moto case of the Katas Raj Temple pond - Daily Times
That's a big old loss on tourism right there.
