India, July 4 -- New Delhi: Wahhabi fanatics in Pakistan have started protesting against the federal government's move to support the construction of a grand Lord Krishna temple in Pakistan's capital city Islamabad. If constructed, it will be the first temple to be built in Islamabad after Partition in 1947.

The foundation stone for the construction of the temple was laid recently, at the initiative of Lal Chand Malhi, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member of the National Assembly and Parliamentary Secretary on Human Rights. The temple, as per plan, is to be built on a 20,000 sq ft land in the H-9 sector of Islamabad. However, soon after the ground breaking ceremony, protests by fanatic elements started, following which construction wo...