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Pakistan's apical leaders connected Monday (October 20, 2025) extended Deepavali greetings to the number Hindu assemblage members, reiterating committedness to support the rights of minorities successful the country.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan is simply a onshore of bid and tolerance wherever determination is nary country for hatred, chaos and terrorism.
At a ceremonial held astatine Prime Minister House present successful transportation with Deepavali, the Prime Minister paid tribute to the services and contributions of Pakistan's number communities successful antithetic fields of life.
“Presence of representatives of antithetic religions successful this lawsuit embodies the precise ideals of Pakistan arsenic were envisioned by its founding begetter Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah wherever each citizens bask adjacent rights and freedoms,” helium said.
Mr. Shehbaz said that Muslim and non-Muslim Pakistanis proceed to determination successful unison to thwart immoderate nefarious plan against the country. “The full Pakistani federation stands agreed and resolute alongside the information forces to decision the menace of coercion and hatred from the country,” helium said.
The Prime Minister said the bulk Muslim colonisation of Pakistan has ever expressed beardown indignation astatine immoderate despicable acts against the number communities of the state and stood successful unequivocal solidarity with them successful immoderate specified times.
He besides highlighted immoderate of the large argumentation steps taken by the authorities to guarantee extortion of minorities rights successful Pakistan and beforehand interfaith harmony.
Mr. Shehbaz mentioned the practice of each number communities successful the Parliament, 5 per cent quota successful authorities jobs, scholarships for the number assemblage students, the Interfaith Harmony Policy approved by the national furniture and the National Commission for Minorities' Rights Bill passed by Parliament.
Minister of State for Religious Affairs Kesoo Mal Kheal Das said connected the juncture that Pakistan is an emblem of interfaith harmony and bid successful the world. According to state-run Radio Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari successful his connection said that the festival of Deepavali “reminds america of the triumph of airy implicit acheronian and bully implicit evil”.
He noted that the Constitution guaranteed adjacent rights and implicit state of religion to each citizens.
Mr. Zardari besides lauded the services of Hindu assemblage successful education, commerce, and nationalist service.
Earlier, Mr. Shehbaz successful his connection extended his “heartfelt greetings” to the Hindu assemblage successful Pakistan and astir the world, wishing them a blessed Deepavali.
“As homes and hearts are illuminated with the airy of Diwali, whitethorn this festival dispel darkness, foster harmony, and usher america each toward a aboriginal of peace, compassion, and shared prosperity,” helium said successful a station connected societal media level X.
“The tone of Deepavali that embodies airy implicit darkness, bully implicit evil, and anticipation implicit despair inspires our corporate resoluteness to flooded the challenges confronting our societies, from intolerance to inequality,” helium said.
He called connected radical to enactment unneurotic to guarantee that each citizens could unrecorded successful bid and lend to progress, careless of their religion oregon background.
