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BBC News
Thursday, 13 November, 2003, 10:08 GMT

Pakistani Hindu temple faces demolition
By Haroon Rashid

A 150-year-old Hindu temple in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has
become the focus of a property dispute involving the army.

The Balmiki temple is located in the Kalibari area of the city where a
small Hindu community is concentrated.

But the Kalibari area is part of the city's military cantonment and is
run by the army.

The army is saying that the people who run the temple, as well as the
owners of some 70 houses in the neighbourhood, must leave.

They have been served with eviction notices.

The army wants to pull down the existing buildings and replace them
with a high-rise shopping complex.

The army says that Kalibari is the property of the local cantonment
board, and it has the right to vacate it.

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