Zubair Jamali describes promotion of peace & inter-faith harmony important need of hour

Independent Report

QUETTA: The caretaker Provincial Minister for Home, Mir Zubair Jamali has underlined the need to promote peace and interfaith harmony.
He said that peace and interfaith harmony is an important need of the hour.
He said that there is forgiveness in the rights of Allah but not in the rights of people.
We have to make our self accountability to bring change in the society putting an end to the negative things within us.
These and similar other views were expressed by the caretaker Minister while addressing a seminar on peace, interfaith and social harmony held under the auspices of Balochistan Rural Support Programme and PPAF in collaboration with here on Tuesday.
Also present in the seminar were the caretaker Minister for Education, Dr Qadir Bakhsh Baloch, Additional Secretary for Minorities Affairs, Mamoon Achakzai, chairman Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, Air Vice Marshal (R) Ejaz Mehmood Malik, acting Chief Executive Officer, Nadir Gul, Chief Executive Officer of BRSP, Dr Tahir Rasheed, Chairman board of directors BRSP, Anwar Saleem Kasi, senior government officials, social activists besides religious leaders belonging to different schools of thoughts.
Addressing the seminar, Mir Zubair Jamali also stressed that we have to take well care of people of all the religions.
He said that we can address the social problems being faced in the country by promoting interfaith harmony.
He said that humanity is a common thing among all belonging to any religious group.
He said that every individual would have to play one’s role for establishing law and order and promoting brotherhood in the country.
Speaking on the occasion, Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad said that there’s a need to promote harmony among us.
In addition to this, we have to protect the rights of minorities.
He said that our religion teaches lesson of humanity.
The caretaker Minister for Education, Qadir Bakhsh, Mrs. Roshan Khursheed Bharucha, religious scholar Dr Qari Abdul Rasheed and others also addressed the seminar and underscored the need for promotion of peace and interfaith harmony.
Meanwhile, the book entitled Paigham-e-Pakistan was also launched published on the joint national narrative for tackling the increasing extremism and lacking tolerance in the society.
The book was published under aegis of International Islamic University Islamabad.