Govt to create inter-faith council for religious harmony: Rehman Malik

Inter-faith conference will be held on August 30 on a national level for discussing how to promote sectarian harmony.

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik, in an interview with Radio Pakistan, has said that the government is going to constitute an inter-faith council to create harmony in the country.

He said the council will comprise of scholars from all religious sects and its chairmanship will be rotated among them every three months.

Malik said that an inter-faith conference will be held on August 30 on a national level for discussing how sectarian harmony can be promoted in the country.

He appealed to people of the country to unite and foil nefarious designs of the enemies who want to create instability in the country through subversive incidents.

Answering a question on the law and order situation in Balochistan, Malik offered Baloch nationalist leaders dialogue with the government for addressing issues of the Baloch people.

He also asked self-exiled Baloch nationalist leaders to return to Balochistan and help their people resolve their issues while remaining among them.

Malik said they can make Pakistan especially Balochistan the most prosperous area of the world with unity, peace and stability.