Chief Justice Peshawar High Court (PHC), Justice Qaisar Rashid has ordered auqaf department to clean the historic Panjtirath Hindu temple in Peshawar and submit a report to the court.
He was hearing a petition about the state of disrepair of the historic temple located on GT Road, Peshawar.
Additional Advocate General Syed Sikandar Hayat Shah, deputy administrator auqaf and the petitioner’s lawyer Ali Gohar Durrani Advocate appeared before the court.
Durrani told the court that all the garbage of the park is collected at the temple and a photo of the temple has been attached with the file as evidence.
Deputy administrator auqaf informed the court that the temple is closed at the moment so its cleanliness is not the responsibility of the department and there is passage available to the temple.
Chief justice asked the administrator about the responsibility of his department and why did he work on the deputy administrator post. CJ said that auqaf employees were interested in drawing salaries only and were not interested in performing their duty.
He ordered the deputy administrator to present a permanent solution for the issue and asked him to clean the temple otherwise court would order his removal from the job.
CJ ordered him to thoroughly clean the temple and submit a report to the court.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2022.
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