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Pak Hindus allowed to worship at Shiva temple after 20 years

Peshawar | ByPress Trust of India
Apr 24, 2017 06:19 PM IST

A bench of the Peshawar High Court permitted Hindus to worship at the Shiv Jee temple of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under section 20 of the Constitution.

A Pakistani court on Monday allowed Hindus to worship at a Shiva temple in Abbottabad district which had been off limits to them for 20 years.

A bench of the Peshawar High Court permitted Hindus to worship at the Shiv Jee temple of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under section 20 of the Constitution(HT File Photo (Representational picture))
A bench of the Peshawar High Court permitted Hindus to worship at the Shiv Jee temple of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under section 20 of the Constitution(HT File Photo (Representational picture))

A bench of the Peshawar High Court headed by Justice Ateeq Hussain Shah permitted Hindus to worship at the Shiv Jee temple of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under section 20 of the Constitution.

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The temple had been closed for any religious activity over a property dispute.

In 2013, a Hindu non-governmental organisation filed a petition with the PHC Abbottabad bench that they had purchased the property through lease by a legal owner.

The petitioner pleaded that after partition of the subcontinent, the NGO has been looking after the temple.

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