Legal and institutional equality demanded for religious minorities in Pakistan
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LAHORE, Pakistan: A conference organized on the Idea of Equal Citizenship and Minority Rights under the auspices of the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) identified legal and factual inequality as a cardinal issue of governance in Pakistan.
The deliberations at the conference assessed the state laws and policies against the good practices inequality of rights in democratic dispensations.
The speakers stressed upon the urgent need to cleanse the legal and policy framework of Pakistan from prejudices and discriminations particularly on the basis of religion.
The lead speakers were Dr. Yaqoob Khan Bangash, Wajahat Masood Dr. Priscilla Lall, and Peter Jacob, while the conference was joined by lawyers, journalists, human rights activists, religious leaders, and political workers, in person as well as virtually.