https://bitterwinter.org/historic-h...rachi-mayor-vainly-tries-to-deny-it-happened/
It takes a notable degree of effrontery to deny that a demolished building has been destroyed. Yet, this is what the controversial Mayor of Karachi, Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui, whose June 2023 election was tainted by accusations of fraud, had the impudence of stating after the demolition of Mari Mata Mandir, a historic 150-old [sic] Hindu temple in Soldier Bazaar in Karachi.
The demolition had been reported not only by the Hindu community through its organizations and Twitter accounts, but also by “Dawn,” Pakistan’s newspaper of records and the most important English-language daily in the country.
Mayor Murtaza Wahab decided to pick up a fight with “Dawn” and claimed on Twitter and television that the temple had not been destroyed. It was all Hindu propaganda and fake news, he said.
The mayor’s claim was false. Netizens posted images of bulldozers and cranes destroying the temple in the night between July 14 and 15. When they woke up, local Hindus found the external wall with the gate intact but the internal inside structure demolished. They also claimed police cars were there to protect the destruction work….
It takes a notable degree of effrontery to deny that a demolished building has been destroyed. Yet, this is what the controversial Mayor of Karachi, Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui, whose June 2023 election was tainted by accusations of fraud, had the impudence of stating after the demolition of Mari Mata Mandir, a historic 150-old [sic] Hindu temple in Soldier Bazaar in Karachi.
The demolition had been reported not only by the Hindu community through its organizations and Twitter accounts, but also by “Dawn,” Pakistan’s newspaper of records and the most important English-language daily in the country.
Mayor Murtaza Wahab decided to pick up a fight with “Dawn” and claimed on Twitter and television that the temple had not been destroyed. It was all Hindu propaganda and fake news, he said.
The mayor’s claim was false. Netizens posted images of bulldozers and cranes destroying the temple in the night between July 14 and 15. When they woke up, local Hindus found the external wall with the gate intact but the internal inside structure demolished. They also claimed police cars were there to protect the destruction work….
