{"id":71604,"date":"2026-09-05T00:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T00:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/71604"},"modified":"2026-09-05T00:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T00:20:31","slug":"pakistan-rejects-indias-assertions-over-narowal-temple-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/71604","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan rejects India\u2019s assertions over Narowal temple damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected assertions made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs regarding a Hindu temple in the Adda Siraj area of Narowal, terming them \u201cfalse and politically motivated.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cContrary to the false propaganda being peddled by India, the temple\u2019s structure was damaged on July 21, 2026, due to torrential rains. Local authorities have already surveyed the damage caused by the rains and initiated steps for the restoration of the building,\u201d Foreign Office spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said in a statement while responding to media queries on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was \u201cshameful\u201d that India was distorting facts and resorting to \u201ccheap gimmicks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson said such deliberate distortion of facts could not divert attention from India\u2019s \u201cabysmal record of systematic persecution of minorities and state-sponsored attacks against their places of worship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Indian Allegations Over Hindu Temple in Adda Siraj, Narowal Rejected\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/34xQ1wLwfhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is well aware of the weaponisation of Hindutva ideology against minorities and must hold the Indian leadership accountable for the persecution of Muslim, Sikh and Christian communities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Amnesty International said on Monday that Indian police had used excessive force, including electric shock devices and pellet guns, against youth-led protests that had forced the education minister to resign the previous month.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/heavy-rains-submerge-rawalpindi-areas-wasa-declares-high-alert-for-urban-flooding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heavy rains submerge Rawalpindi areas; WASA alert for urban flooding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rights group\u2019s report contradicted the police account that force was used only after protesters turned violent. It also came after India\u2019s Supreme Court established a panel on Thursday to investigate violence involving both police and demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations in New Delhi, triggered by the leak of the national medical entrance examination, turned violent on July 20 when thousands of protesters attempted to march towards Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/pakistan-rejects-indias-assertions-over-narowal-temple-damage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected assertions made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs regarding a Hindu temple in the Adda Siraj area of Narowal, terming them \u201cfalse and politically motivated.\u201d \u201cContrary to the false propaganda being peddled by India, the temple\u2019s structure was damaged on July 21, 2026, due to torrential rains. 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