Pakistan Hindu Temple Management Committee meets

Lahore

LAHORE: A meeting of Pakistan Hindu Temple Management Committee was held here on Wednesday  with Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Chairman  Habibur Rehman Gilani in the chair.  President Krishna Sharma, General Secretary Dewan Chand Chawala and committee members  across the country attended the meeting. Board Additional Secretary  Rana Shahid and Deputy  Secretary  Faraz Abbas were also present.  According to ETPB spokesperson, the committee members congratulated the chairman of the  board on his assumption of office and gave a full briefing on temples across the country and  also presented their proposals. The committee members lauded the steps taken by the former  chairman of the board, Dr. Amir Ahmed, including the restoration of Gurdwara and temples.  Addressing the meeting, Chairman Board Habibur Rehman Gilani assured the members that  all possible steps would be taken for the protection of temples and welfare of Hindu community.  He said that Pakistan was no less than a paradise for minorities.  The Board of Trust was committed to other measures, including security and renovation of  worship placed of Hindu and Sikhs, in the light of federal government directives.

 

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