ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rejected the false and politically motivated assertions made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs regarding the Hindu temple at Adda Siraj, Narowal, a statement issued by the foreign office in Islamabad said on Friday.
The statement quoted the foreign office spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan, saying, “Unlike the false propaganda being peddled by India, the temple’s structure was damaged on July 21, 2026, due to torrential rains.”
“The local authorities have already surveyed the rain damage and initiated steps for the restoration of the building,” the spokesperson added.
“It is, therefore, shameful that India is distorting facts and resorting to cheap gimmicks,” the statement further said.
He went on to say that such deliberate distortion of facts cannot distract attention from India’s abysmal record of systematic persecution of minorities and state-sponsored attacks against their places of worship.
“The world is well aware of the weaponization of Hindutva ideology against minorities, and must hold the Indian leadership accountable for the persecution of Muslim, Sikh and Christian communities,” the statement added.