Preventing construction of a temple in Islamabad is regressive: Iltija
Srinagar, Jul 7: Reacting to report that construction of a temple was halted in Islamabad in Pakistan, Iltija Mehbooba, who is daughter of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Tuesday said that this is antithetical to idea of an Islamic welfare state model that gives religious freedom to all.
Mr Mufti said that opening Kartarpur corridor was much appreciated but this recent move is regressive.
“Preventing construction of a temple in Islamabad is antithetical to idea of an Islamic welfare state model that gives religious freedom to all. Opening Kartarpur corridor was much appreciated but this recent move is regressive,” Mr Mufti, who is handling the official twitter handle of her mother, tweeted on Tuesday.
Authorities in Pakistan's capital Islamabad have stopped the construction work at the site of the first Hindu temple to be built in the city for not having an approved building plan, according to Dawn newspaper report on Saturday.
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Friday stopped construction of the boundary wall on the plot meant for the temple citing legal reasons, the newspaper reported.
The officials of the Building Control Section (BCS) on Friday visited the site of the temple and told people busy in construction that they need to submit a building plan and get the same approved before moving forward, the report added.