The reconstruction of the Baoli Sahib church in the Punjab province has received a budget of Rs 10 million to meet the long-standing requirements of the Hindu society in Pakistan.
This marks the second phase of restoration, 64 years after the church was rendered destructive.
The Baoli Sahib temple, which is located in Zafarwal town in Narowal, a city along the western bank of the Ravi River, has been put on the market by the Evacuee Trust Property Board ( ETPB), a federal body responsible for overseeing minority worship sites in Pakistan. According to Dawn News, the church has been inactive since 1960.
The whole Narowal district’s Hindu population is currently forced to either attend churches in Sialkot and Lahore or participate in religious ceremonies there.
Ratan Lal Arya, the former head of the Pak Dharamsthan Committee, claimed that the church lost use after the ETPB oversaw it. The Hindu society in Narowal, totaling over 1, 453 persons, has since lacked a proper place to do their festivals.
45 Hindu temples were again present in the Narowal area, but all of them have since fallen into disrepair.
The Pak Dharamsthan Committee will receive the church after the four hectares of property are finished with the repair work.
The largest majority in Pakistan is made up of Hindus. Although the area claims that there are more than 9 million Hindus in the country, official estimates suggest that are 7.5 million. The majority of Pakistan’s Hindu populace resides in Sindh province, where they have linguistic and cultural ties to their Muslim companions.
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