AMRITSAR: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday removed the arguable Chairman of Pakistan's Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Saddiq ul Farooq for his negligence which led to the drying of the holy pond of probably the most respected clusters of Hindu temples at Katas Raj.
According to Pakistan media reports Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar led the listening to via a three-member bench within the suo motu motion against drying up of Katas Raj temple complicated pond because of the commercial affect and removed him from his place while listening to the Katas Raj Temples case.
Katasraj is known for its cluster of temples especially Shiva temples and constructions of Sikh and Hindu heritage located in Chakwal district of Pakistan's Punjab.
Taking a suo moto understand of depletion of the pond of Katasraj temples due to operations of a close-by cement manufacturing unit that had sucked out the underground water the SC of Pakistan had issued a understand to ETPB chairman Saddiq ul Farooq on Tuesday.
Media reports further state that the court docket had dominated that chairman used to be not eligible to hold his place of business.
Farooq had earlier courted controversy after he used to be blamed for promoting Gurdwara houses in Nankana Sahib and Lahore and obtaining of houses for the construction of Baba Guru Nanak University in Nankana Sahib. He used to be even manhandled via local attorney's group who had ransacked the ETPB's place of business in Nankana Sahib.
Farooq has been the spokesperson of Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz, (PML-N) and had additionally been Nawaz Sharif's press secretary. Being in just right books of the previous high minister of Pakistan, Farooq used to be appointed Chairman of ETPB in October 2014 after the resignation of earlier Chairman Asif Hashmi.
A group of Sikh's from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces of Pakistan had additionally opposed him for intervening within the functioning of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) and Sikh religious affairs.
When contacted Farooq informed TOI "It is a political decision against PML(N), no act of parliament was considered before giving the judgement, I will file the review petition".
Sanjay Kathuria, a Hindu pilgrim who had long gone to Katasraj at the occasion of Mahashivratri closing 12 months informed that they had registered their criticism with Chairman for drying of the holy pond. "It's an appreciable decision of Pak SC to remove a person who has failed to fulfill his duties especially towards minority community".
According to Pakistan media reports Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar led the listening to via a three-member bench within the suo motu motion against drying up of Katas Raj temple complicated pond because of the commercial affect and removed him from his place while listening to the Katas Raj Temples case.
Katasraj is known for its cluster of temples especially Shiva temples and constructions of Sikh and Hindu heritage located in Chakwal district of Pakistan's Punjab.
Taking a suo moto understand of depletion of the pond of Katasraj temples due to operations of a close-by cement manufacturing unit that had sucked out the underground water the SC of Pakistan had issued a understand to ETPB chairman Saddiq ul Farooq on Tuesday.
Media reports further state that the court docket had dominated that chairman used to be not eligible to hold his place of business.
Farooq had earlier courted controversy after he used to be blamed for promoting Gurdwara houses in Nankana Sahib and Lahore and obtaining of houses for the construction of Baba Guru Nanak University in Nankana Sahib. He used to be even manhandled via local attorney's group who had ransacked the ETPB's place of business in Nankana Sahib.
Farooq has been the spokesperson of Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz, (PML-N) and had additionally been Nawaz Sharif's press secretary. Being in just right books of the previous high minister of Pakistan, Farooq used to be appointed Chairman of ETPB in October 2014 after the resignation of earlier Chairman Asif Hashmi.
A group of Sikh's from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces of Pakistan had additionally opposed him for intervening within the functioning of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) and Sikh religious affairs.
When contacted Farooq informed TOI "It is a political decision against PML(N), no act of parliament was considered before giving the judgement, I will file the review petition".
Sanjay Kathuria, a Hindu pilgrim who had long gone to Katasraj at the occasion of Mahashivratri closing 12 months informed that they had registered their criticism with Chairman for drying of the holy pond. "It's an appreciable decision of Pak SC to remove a person who has failed to fulfill his duties especially towards minority community".
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