The government is allocating funds for repair and maintenance of sacred sites/worship places of non-Muslims. A sum of Rs 1.2 million has been earmarked for the repair of Krishna Mandir on Ravi Road. Punjab Minister for Religious Affairs and Auqaf, Syed Saeed ul Hassan disclosed while talking to a 12-member Hindu community delegation at his office Friday. He said funds would be issued by Evacuee Trust Property Board to fully restore the historical significance of the temple. Rs 15 million would be spent on 'Langar Khana' at Sikh's sacred site, Punja Sahib Hassanabdal while Rs 5 million would be spent on the Gurdawara's marble flooring.

He urged minority communities to benefit from government policies and participate whole-heartedly in national development, in which they too were stakeholders. Islam is a religion of tolerance and enjoins security to all non-Muslims, He observed.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2005