Pak province to construct cremation ground for Hindu community

[asif1986]

10 million hindus in pakistan ? i thought it was much lower i'm interested in knowing what it the actual number of christians and hindus.

We cannot say for sure about what the actual numbers of christians and hindus are because the census in pakistan has often been quite controversial.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

I don't see why this is worthy of a news release this should be automatic Mandatory in all cities/provices of Pakistan

 

[Mister X]

Hindu woman rests in Muslim graveyard in Lahore (Pakistan)

The body of a 70-year-old Hindu woman, Radha, which was ******* in the mortuary of a government hospital in Lahore (Pakistan) for the last five days because of the absence of a shamshaan ghat (cremation ground) in the Punjab capital, has finally been buried at the historic Miani Sahib Graveyard, which is a graveyard of Muslims, reports Amir Mir fromLahore in the Daily News and Analysis(DNA) newspaper of Mumbai in India.


Radha, who had been living in a senior citizens home since 1997 because she had no relatives in the city, died in Mayo Hospital on May 30. Her body remained at the city morgue for five days because of the absence of a shamshan ghat in the city.


The burial of Radha’s body instead of cremation as per Hindu customs has highlighted the long standing demand of the Hindu community for a shamshan ghat. Hindu Balmik Sudhar Sabha General Secretary, Amar Nath Randhawa said that the Hindu community in Lahore offered all-out cooperation to police for cremating Radha’s body but the police did not hand over the body, fearing that they would use it to stage a protest on The Mall to press for the shamshan ghat demand. He said Hindus inLahore either take their dead ones to Nankana Sahib for cremation or burn them near the River Rabi after obtaining permission from the city district government.

In 1976, the Evacuee Property Trust allotted a piece of land on Bund Road in Lahore for a shamshan ghat but it was a disputed property and Hindus could not build a cremation place. Later, in May 1999, the Board of Revenue allotted 10 kanals (about 4000 sq. mts.) of land on Bund Road near Saggian Bridge for a shamshan ghat but the plot had not been handed over to the Hindu community.

Such is the plight of minorities in Pakistan where they cannot find even a small piece of land for cremating their dead.

Hindu Woman Rests In Muslim Graveyard In Lahore (Pakistan) - Unholywars

Now, i don't know what will happen in fata as in Lahore they have not hand over the allotted plot to their Hindu citizens.

 

[asif1986]

Hindu woman rests in Muslim graveyard in Lahore (Pakistan)

The body of a 70-year-old Hindu woman, Radha, which was ******* in the mortuary of a government hospital in Lahore (Pakistan) for the last five days because of the absence of a shamshaan ghat (cremation ground) in the Punjab capital, has finally been buried at the historic Miani Sahib Graveyard, which is a graveyard of Muslims, reports Amir Mir fromLahore in the Daily News and Analysis(DNA) newspaper of Mumbai in India.


Radha, who had been living in a senior citizens home since 1997 because she had no relatives in the city, died in Mayo Hospital on May 30. Her body remained at the city morgue for five days because of the absence of a shamshan ghat in the city.


The burial of Radha’s body instead of cremation as per Hindu customs has highlighted the long standing demand of the Hindu community for a shamshan ghat. Hindu Balmik Sudhar Sabha General Secretary, Amar Nath Randhawa said that the Hindu community in Lahore offered all-out cooperation to police for cremating Radha’s body but the police did not hand over the body, fearing that they would use it to stage a protest on The Mall to press for the shamshan ghat demand. He said Hindus inLahore either take their dead ones to Nankana Sahib for cremation or burn them near the River Rabi after obtaining permission from the city district government.

In 1976, the Evacuee Property Trust allotted a piece of land on Bund Road in Lahore for a shamshan ghat but it was a disputed property and Hindus could not build a cremation place. Later, in May 1999, the Board of Revenue allotted 10 kanals (about 4000 sq. mts.) of land on Bund Road near Saggian Bridge for a shamshan ghat but the plot had not been handed over to the Hindu community.

Such is the plight of minorities in Pakistan where they cannot find even a small piece of land for cremating their dead.

Hindu Woman Rests In Muslim Graveyard In Lahore (Pakistan) - Unholywars

Now, i don't know what will happen in fata as in Lahore they have not hand over the allotted plot to their Hindu citizens.

Hindus in Lahore get crematorium - General | hindujagruti.org

Lahore: A prolonged struggle by Hindus of Lahore in Pakistan to get a crematorium bore fruit with government there allotting 34 kanal land at Babu Sabu Chowk near Bakarmandi.

This will be the first crematorium to be developed since independence, with Hindus until now performing the last rites of their beloved ones on the banks of Ravi.

Hailing Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's efforts in helping them get land, Manwar Chand, central general secretary Sri Krishna Mandir Society, Ravi Road, Lahore said, "Hindu representatives had met the president, following which land was allotted."

Chand, who is on a personal visit to India with wife Sunita and sons Sunil and Sunny, paid obeisance at Durgiana Temple and held discussions with All-India Hindu Shiv Sena president Surinder Kumar Billa to increase the number of Hindu pilgrims from India to various historical Hindu shrines in Pakistan, including Parlahadpur in Multan and Katasraj.

"We have also submitted a proposal to the government for the construction of an ashram to provide boarding and lodging facilities to 2,000 pilgrims," he said.

Informing that Pakistan had spent Rs 25 lakh each on developing Sri Krishna Mandir and samadhi of Ganga Ram, Chand added, "It is now a three-storied temple, where Hindus assemble every morning and evening to perform puja."