Sindh Minister for Minorities Affairs Giyan Chand on Monday termed the attack on a Hindu temple a conspiracy hatched by neighbouring countries to defame Pakistan. Speaking, on the floor of the House, the minister said the aztack on the temple in Ghoshpur could be a reaction to Seema Rinds alleged marriage with a Hindu boy.
He said Hindus living in Pakistan are patriotic Pakistanis and their community was spending life, business and worship with freedom. Esrani said that the Muslim and religious leaders had strongly condemned the incident, adding that special directives had been issued to the IGP Sindh on the security of minorities and their worship.
The Hindu community in Karachi woke up on Saturday morning to find the old Mari Mata Temple Soldier Bazaar had been razed to the ground.According to residents of the area, the operation took place while the area was without electricity late on Friday night. That’s when the diggers and a bulldozer arrived to do their work. While leaving the outer walls and the temple’s main gate intact, they demolished the entire inside structure.The residents have also reported that they saw a police mobile there to provide ‘cover’ to the men operating the machines.They said that the Mari Mata Temple is located on Mukhi Chohitram Road, very near the Soldier Bazaar police station.“It is a very old mandir,” Shri Ram Nath Mishra Mahraj of another very old temple nearby, the Shri Punch Mukhi Hanuman Mandir, informed media.“It is said to have been built over 150 years ago.
We have also heard of stories about old treasures buried in its courtyard,” he said, adding that it covered about 400 to 500 square yards and there had been talk of the land grabbers having their eye on it for some time now.
