Out of Pakistan-Hindu artifacts
Hindu artifacts from Pakistan are sold to any buyer and end up in museums, because the pakis have no value for such things. What is left is either deep inside the earth or what the moghuls did not destroy and it is better that they are out of pakistan. The islamic world has no respect for Hindu artifacts or artifacts of any religion. It goes with their belief. Read the following to know what I mean.
No tawaaf(4) around an object other than the Ka'bah is permitted as an act of worship. A kiss, as an act of worship may be given to nothing other than the Black Stone of the Ka'bah. --JPR
Theft of antiquities
Besides the British and a few European museums, Pakistani antiquities have now started appearing in celebrated American museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. But these grand displays can hardly be termed a matter of pride for Pakistan, as, according to a former director-general of the archaeology department, these antiquities were stolen, smuggled out of the country and purchased by the said museums at auctions in Europe. He also said that in accordance with the terms of the Unesco charter governing antiquities, the government of Pakistan would be within its right to demand the return of all such stolen relics from the host countries.
That our world-renowned archaeological sites at Moenjodaro, Taxila, Harappa and elsewhere in the country, lie in a state of utter neglect is as widely known as thefts and smuggling of antiquities out of the country. Recent scandals involving theft of antiquities from the Lahore Museum and the disappearance of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's horse-trappings cast in gold from a Lahore Fort museum are only but two such incidents. While there is a real need to strengthen vigilance at the sites and museums housing national heritage, the former archaeology chief is right in suggesting that the government should pursue the restitution of all such antiquities with the foreign governments concerned, as and when they resurface abroad. Pakistani missions abroad must also be required to watch out for any Pakistani antiquities that routinely go up for auction in the western capitals. Together, the two measures can help curb the theft and smuggling of the antiquities by making the criminal activity a risky affair rather than a safe and lucrative one. |
