Pakistani provincial government says will rebuild Hindu temple destroyed by mob

ISLAMABAD: The provincial administration of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has decided to reconstruct a Hindu temple which was set on fire by a mob in Karak district on earlier this week, the province's chief minister, Mahmood Khan, announced while addressing a public ceremony in Peshawar on Friday.
The incident took place when the Hindu community in the area was trying to renovate and expand the building after procuring some land.
The mob, which was instigated by a local cleric, was said to be too large and could not be handled by the local administration.
On Thursday, it was announced by the prime minister's adviser on inter-faith harmony, Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, that 31 individuals, including the local cleric, had been arrested in Karak for vandalizing the property.
The attack on the temple was condemned by rights activists and members of the minority Hindu community.
Pakistan's Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed also took notice of the incident and fixed a court hearing for January 5.