Nasir Shah attends religious festival in Swami Narayan Mandir.

KARACHI -- Sindh Minister for Information Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Sunday participated in the ongoing religious festival in Swami Narayan Mandir in Karachi and vowed to protect the rights of the minorities. Speaking on the occasion, Shah expressed his solidarity with the religious minorities and said that the role and contribution of the members of the minorities in the development and progress of the country was commendable, and following the teachings of Quaid-iAzam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan People's Party had always remained committed to protecting the rights of the minorities.

He said that the Sindh government would continue to do so under the guidance and leadership of Chairman PPPBilawal Bhutto Zardari. He also mentioned that it was the government of Pakistan People's Party that alwaysreserved seatsfor the members of the minorities more than any other political party in the country. Shah said that he had come here with a message of peace. He said that Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardair and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah not only participated in the religious festivals of the minorities themselves, but they also directed the cabinet members to follow the same. He said that the PPP through plenty of legislations had protected the rights of the minorities in the province.

The info minsiter vowed that the Sindh government would continue to introduce whatever legislation needed for the protection of the members of the minorities. While giving a comparison between Pakistan and India, he said that in India, the members of the minorities were suffering immensely owing to the depressing policies of the Modi government, while in Pakistan, they were free to move anywhere they wanted and practice their religion with complete freedom. Shah, on...

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