Imran Khan's 'Naya Pakistan' exposed with attack on Sri Ganesha temple in Rahim Yar Khan

On August 4, a rabble led by local Muslim fundamentalists had attacked the Hindu temple, pelted stones at the idols, broke windows, smashed fittings and fixtures.

New Delhi: The state of Hindu religious minorities in Prime Minister Imran Khan's 'Naya Pakistan' was exposed after a recent attack on Sri Ganesha temple in Bhong Sharif town of Rahim Yar Khan (RYK) district of Pakistan's Punjab even as a delegation of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) of the country is visiting the town to control the damage caused due to religious intolerance.  Though the Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party came to power with an assurance of protecting social, civil, and religious rights of minorities, their properties and places of worship as enshrined in Pakistan’s constitution but the vandalization of Sri Ganesh Temple, smashing of idols of Hindu deities has only exposed the prevailing radicalization of Pakistan society and growing intolerance toward Hindu’s and leaving a little space for the people with moderate views. ALSO READ | India slams Pakistan at UNHRC, highlights terrorism, forced conversions of religious minorities and extra-judicial killings