In a rare move, the Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) has come forward to support the construction of the first Hindu temple in Islamabad, while criticising those who are trying to make the issue controversial. “We condemn the controversy over the construction of the temple, and the act of the extremist clerics to make the issue […]
Channel 92, a private TV channel, came forward on Friday to take credit as the construction of the first ever temple in Islamabad was stopped by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) citing legal reasons. “Owing to successful efforts of 92 News, the CDA stopped the construction of a temple in Islamabad,” it said in its […]
Jamia Ashrafia on Tuesday termed the construction of the first ever temple in Islamabad as un-Islamic and issued a fatwa (religious decree), days after Prime Minister Imran Khan approved a grant of Rs 100 million for the structure. According to Mufti Ziauddin of the seminary’s Lahore chapter, it is Islamic to retain and maintain the […]