DADU: Temple opens

Published December 12, 2007

DADU, Dec 11: Chairman Evacuee Property Trust, Lieutenant General (Rtd) Zulfiqar Ali Khan has said that Rs10.7 million have been spent on the development plans of minorities, particularly temples and Gurdwaras during current financial year.

He said most of the funds had been spent on religious places of minorities in Sindh. He was talking to people on Tuesday after the inauguration of newly-constructed Bhagat Ram temple in Dadu town.

The temple has been constructed at a cost of Rs1.7 million.

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