From Zeeshan Mirza
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) believes in plural society, therefore its government in Sindh has enacted laws under which forced conversion of the religion and child marriages have been completely banned.
This he said while talking to an American delegation led USA Special Advisor Religious Minorities Mr Knox Thames. The other delegation members were, Mr Razi Hashmi Officer Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and labor, Mr Anne Sackville-West Political Officer, Mr Robert Silberstein Consul General of USA in Karachi. The chief minister was assisted by Minister Education Saeed Ghani, Minister Religious Affairs and Local Government Syed Nasir Shah, Cm Advisor on Law Murtaza Wahab and PSCM Sajid Jamal Abro.
Murad Shah said that Sindh was the land of Sufis, therefore people of this province naturally respected human rights, co-existence and lived with harmony with the people of other religions.
“This is the reason that no inter-religious disputes have ever emerged in the province,” he said. USA Special Advisor for Religious Minorities Mr Knox said that the student from primary classes should be given human rights education so that they start respecting other religions and thoughts of their people when they grow up. Education Minister Saeed Ghani said that the Muslim students were given education of Islamiat in religious education period while Hindus and Christian students were taught civics education in their religious education period.
