The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday ordered that those behind the attack on a Lord Ganesha temple in the city of Rahim Yar Khan be arrested immediately.
The court has also ordered the authorities to repair the temple without delay.
According to the reports, Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Qazi Amin of Pakistan's Supreme Court had without prompting taken notice of the demolition of the temple in Rahim Yar Khan and reprimanded the administration and the police for not taking any action when the temple was vandalised.
“What were the police and administration doing?” Ahmed asked, suggesting that the forces of law and order could have been present as a silent spectator while the mob vandalised the Hindu temple.
In response, the Inspector-General of Punjab Province in Pakistan, Inam Ghani, reportedly said that terrorism provisions have been imposed in the case and a report was presented by the Punjab government regarding the demolition of the temple.
Strongly condemning the temple attack, Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted that the temple will be restored and asked the officials to arrest all the culprits and take action against police negligence.
The attack has sparked a diplomatic row between New Delhi and Islamabad as India summoned a top Pakistani diplomat in the country to lodge a strong protest over this incident.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India called on Pakistan to "ensure the safety, security and wellbeing of its minority communities".
"Firm protests were lodged expressing our grave concerns at this reprehensible incident [and the] continued attacks on the freedom of religion of the minority community and their places of religious worship," India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesman Arindam Bagchi said during the weekly online press conference.
The incident has sparked uproar on social media as netizens have condemned the attack.