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National
February 5, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Ijaz Alam Augustine has said the provincial government is set to introduce an interfaith harmony policy, which is aimed to promote peaceful coexistence between diverse citizenry of Punjab.
He was speaking at multi-stakeholder dialogue: âTowards Improved Human Rights Protection in Punjabâ, jointly organised by the Democracy Reporting International and Punjab Human Rights and Minority Affairs Department.
The minister said: âWe need to change societal behaviour to ensure respect for peopleâs rights, especially of minority communities.â While speaking on the occasion, Tahir Khalil Sindhu, chairperson of the Punjab Assemblyâs Standing Committee on Human Rights and Minorities Affairs, extended support to human rights stakeholders. He informed the participants that meetings of the standing committee were not being held due to the mandate limitation of the committee ch