Peaceful co-existence vital to achieve sustainable development, peace: moot.

ISLAMABAD -- Speakers in a series of seminars Saturday stressed that sustainable development and true peace could only be achieved through peaceful co-existence and mutual respect.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MOIB) in collaboration with Paigham-e-Pakistan and Karakoram International University (KIU), Gilgit, organised two separate seminars titled 'Pakistan Towards Peaceful Co-existence,' at the university, a press release said.

The speakers noted that people from different backgrounds were like flowers coming together to make a bouquet.

They underlined the need to ignore differences and play a positive role in promoting peace in the country, adding 'Hum Pakistani' was an important initiative in this regard.

Eradicating hatred from society necessitates promotion of positive and progressive thinking which can only be achieved through mutual understanding, tolerance and character building of the nation, they maintained.

Praising the district-level community engagement program, the speakers said such initiatives were required not only to create awareness on social issues and challenges but also help tackle such issues on a district and national level.

They insisted that to achieve peaceful co-existence, it is imperative to combat bigotry in the society by being respectful to people of all colours, religions and backgrounds.

KIU Dean of Social Sciences Dr Muhammad Rizwan elaborated the Paigham-e-Pakistan narrative.

He said Paigham-e-Pakistan was a national narrative which was penned down with the collaboration of Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University Islamabad.

Rizwan said the narrative had been reviewed and promoted by 5,000 renowned religious scholars from Pakistan, besides being recognised by many international scholars, including the Imam-e-Ka'bah and leading religious scholars from Egypt.

The Dean said the narrative had been drafted in conjunction with the Islamic rules, the...

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