Pakistan's former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain invited Bharatiya Janata Party President Lal Kishenchand Advani to visit Lahore to inaugurate a temple dedicated to Luv, the lord Rama. According to legend, Luv founded the city of Lahore, now in Pakistan, and his temple is located in the Lahore Fort. The temple had remained shut since the time Alauddin Khilji ruled most of the North India.
In an interview released by an online news service, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said the government of Pakistan was ready to take the step, till recently thought unimaginable. "It is being repeatedly said in Pakistan that Advani was responsible for the demolition of the Babri Masjid. We have asked Advani to come and inaugurate a temple dedicated to Luv that is going to be restored and developed into a model temple," Hussain said.
To a question, Shujaat Hussain said, "This is the only solution to the Babri dispute. Instead of demolishing temples to avenge the destruction of the Babri Masjid, it is better to construct a temple and ask Advani to inaugurate it."
On Wednesday, Advani told a delegation led by Hussain he would visit Pakistan in June and would like to travel to Karachi (where he was born and spent his youth), Lahore and Islamabad.
This will be Advani' s first visit to Pakistan since 1978, when he visited the country in his capacity as minister of information and broadcasting in the Janata Party government.