Islamabad: The Pakistani capital`s non-Muslim residents, particularly Hindus, are resenting what they see as the government`s total surrender before a handful of religious leaders and politicians opposing the construction of the first Hindu temple, ‘Krishna Mandir`, in Islamabad. A director of the Building Control Department, Capital Development Authority (CDA), along with staff from his department, visited the site in Sector H-9/2, Islamabad, on Friday and stopped construction of the boundary wall there. “The construction work can be undertaken in Islamabad only after approval of the building plan,” a member of the Hindu Panchayat of Islamabad, Pritam Das Rathi, quoted the CDA official as...
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