{"id":80725,"date":"2016-02-18T06:33:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T06:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=1992&amp;preview_id=1992"},"modified":"2016-02-18T06:33:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T06:33:57","slug":"hindus-await-a-place-to-pray-and-a-place-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=80725","title":{"rendered":"Hindus await a place to pray and a place to die"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"story-image\">\n<div class=\"story-image-container \">\n<div style=\"width: 521px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.tribune.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1049259-image-1455735905-834-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"383\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate panel recommends CDA establish temple, cremation ground in capital<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><strong class=\"location\">ISLAMABAD:\u00a0<\/strong>A senate panel on Wednesday recommended that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) should establish a temple and a cremation area for Hindu residents of Islamabad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The recommendations came during a senate committee on human rights meeting, which discussed issues being faced by Pakistan\u2019s Hindu population. The committee was chaired by Senator Nasreen Jalil of the MQM, who is chairperson of the committee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Human rights activist Kapil Dev drew the attention of the committee towards the lack of temple or a cremation ground in the capital. He informed the committee that 158 Hindu families totalling around 800 people live in the capital, but due to the lack of a cremation ground, Hindus are forced to go as far as Sindh to perform the ritual.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cIt is difficult for to move dead bodies to Sindh, especially in the summer. Therefore, the CDA should establish a cremation ground,\u201d said Dev, who is a resident of Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Krishan Sharma, a minority rights activist from Mithui in Sindh, also highlighted the issues being faced the community and stress that lawmakers address these on a priority basis. \u201cIt is our fundamental right\u2026to be provided a temple and a cremation ground,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The lawmakers recommended having CDA Chairman Maroof Afzal in attendance in the next meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani of the PML-N also informed the committee that this was serious issue being faced by the community and government should look into it. He informed the committee that influential people had occupied a Hindu temple in Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Vankwani also appreciated the passage of the Hindu Marriage Bill 2015, saying that this was the first time in the capital\u2019s history a bill was passed to protect the rights of minorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Barrister Zafarullah Khan said the government is committed to protecting the rights of Hindu citizens, and that the Hindu Marriage Bill was passed by the National Assembly\u2019s standing committee. He said that he recently visited Sindh to look into issues being faced by Hindus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/1049259\/temple-needed-hindus-await-a-place-to-pray-and-a-place-to-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hindus await a place to pray and a place to die-The Express Tribune.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD:\u00a0A senate panel on Wednesday recommended that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) should establish a temple and a cremation area for Hindu residents of Islamabad. The recommendations came during a senate committee on human rights meeting, which discussed issues being faced by Pakistan\u2019s Hindu population. The committee was chaired by Senator Nasreen Jalil of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}