Temple dilemma and Imran Khan government

Temple dilemma | Since the last months, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan regime deliberately is using religious elements to regain his loss of public mandate owing to his passive policies. So, following this narrative, his government in the previous month of June decided to allow and remove hurdles from constructing the Hindu temple in Islamabad Sector H-9/2. The step was taken in order to facilitate the Hindu community living in Islamabad so that they can perform their religious rituals.

Being an Islamic state, the decision of constructing a temple in premises of ICT (Islamabad Capital Territory) initially seemed an interfaith decision by the Pakistani government. But as always, the things were not so smooth as apparently those seemed. Plenty of objections were put to stop this construction from certain social, religious and political groups. This opposition has agitated various allegations for Pakistan at national as well as international level.

Resultantly, this issue of Temple dilemma has polarized society and some are declaring Pakistani state unsafe for minorities while some are celebrating victory, for construction has been thwarted by Capital Development Authority (CDA) with many legal reasons. This also has raised various questions regarding the writ of the government. Contrary, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has defied the construction by saying that Minorites can renovate their existing worship places but cannot go for new construction.

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