The committee chairman made the announcement after a meeting held in the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Members of the committee including Pir Mohammad Mumtaz Ahmad, Maulana Mohammad Iqbal Naeemi, Mufti Abdul Salam Jalali, Maulana Haroon Al-Rasheed, Maulana Abu Bakar Siddique and Allama Sajjad Naqvi participated in the meeting.
Talking to media after the meeting, the committee chairman said unity was needed in Pakistan and conspiracies must be thwarted together.
Later, talking to Dawn, he said interfaith harmony was the need of the hour and lauded the efforts of Prime Minister Imran Khan in countering Islamophobia at the international level.
Maulana Azad, who is also the khateeb of Badshahi Masjid Lahore, said the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee was a unifying platform for the followers of different schools of thought but the platform caused rifts among clerics and religious scholars in the past.
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February 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The one-man Commission on Implementation of Minorities Rights, constituted by the Supreme Court, has compiled its seventh report, suggesting corrective measures, including effective legislation, to avoid Karak temple-like tragedies in future as well as ensuring peaceful co-existence in the country.
“The Supreme Court may direct the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony to process the draft bill on National Council for Minorities and get it enacted as law in the Parliament at the earliest,” Commission Chairman Dr Shoaib Suddle said in an eight page report, which was available with APP.
He added the Federal Ministry of Education and Professional Training should address the concerns of minority communities in the context of single national curriculum in close cooperation with the one-man commission.
February 6, 2021
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Youth are a valuable asset, as well as the backbone and strength for the nation’s future, who need to be nurtured, educated and guided, said Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs Pengiran Dato Seri Paduka Haji Bahrom bin Pengiran Haji Bahar.
“This will enable the nation to produce youth who are able to carry the roles and responsibilities of religious preaching in a complete and correct manner,” he said at the launching of the Da’wah Academy 3.0 yesterday.
He described the youthful participants in the programme as “ready to face the current challenges, while possessing physical and mental endurance and strength – they come from a productive generation who are competitive, visionary, dynamic and spirited to continue in their endeavours to the end”.
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February 3, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday kicked off the national coronavirus vaccination campaign, with the first dose administered to a doctor here.
Speaking on the occasion, the prime minister urged people to strictly adhere to the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to stop its spread.
After witnessing the administration of vaccine to health workers, the prime minister said in the first phase, health workers, who were in the frontline in the fight against coronavirus, as well as those vulnerable due to age, would be vaccinated.
He appreciated China for providing 0.5 million doses of the vaccine to Pakistan, which, he assured, would be judiciously distributed across all the provinces.