Sarwar calls for boosting inter-faith harmony

LAHORE:

Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar on has said he developed a close bond with the Sikhs across the globe over the years and was proud of serving the Sikh community in the province.

"The government is doing its best to ensure minority rights in the country," he said while addressing a Sikh-Muslim Friendship seminar at a private school on Tuesday. He said no country could make progress without the active economic role of its minorities. Speaking on the occasion, the governor said Sikh and Muslims enjoyed cordial relations in the subcontinent for centuries. “Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is committed to preserving the cultural and religious sites of the Sikh community in the country and the construction of Kartarpur Corridor was a proof of Sikh-Muslim Friendship.”

He said Prime Minister Imran Khan wished to develop a Pakistan as per the vision of Father of the Nation Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah who granted equal rights to the minorities in the nascent state of Pakistan.

Speaking on the occasion, Punjabi Sikh Sangat Chairman Gopal Singh Chawla said that many of their heroes were Muslims. "I am proud to be a Pakistani and the beautiful picture of Pakistan does not complete without the presence of the Sikhs," he said, adding that Sikhs and Muslims lived in complete harmony before the partition of Bharat in 1947.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 11^th, 2020.