Senior Minister Punjab Raja Riaz Ahmad has said that Pakistan's religious minorities enjoy equal rights and social status and government has adopted holistic approach to provide further facilities to them. He was talking to a group of minority leaders who called on him at his residence here on Sunday.
Raja Riaz asked the religious minorities to play their active role in getting rid of terrorism and help strengthen the democracy so that Pakistan could become a land of peace and tranquillity in the real sense. The perpetrators of violence and terrorism are our national enemy and they are damaging the national interests, he said adding the divine religions have taught their followers the lessons of religious peace, harmony and brotherhood for the collective salvation of the whole humanity, he added.
Raja Riaz asked the community leaders of the religious minorities and the Islamic scholars to come forward and sensitise the people that we are a peaceful nation. The places of worships are the best places to foster the concepts of religious tolerance and peace, he observed.
Government is also providing scholarships to deserving students, special funds for improving living standards and conducive environment for composite development of the minority communities, he concluded.
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