Day of tolerance observed

A meeting under the banner of ‘Day of Tolerance’ was held on Friday at Badshahi Masjid where clerics from all schools of thoughts of Islam, various other religions and a large number of parliamentarians were present.
All the members condemned the attack on Badami Bagh and emphasised on controlling the tolerance level for a better future of Pakistan.
The meeting observed that everyone who lived in Pakistan, whether he was a part of the minority or a majority, all had same rights and only the courts had the right to decide what was wrong and what was right.
The meeting stressed the need for displaying patience, courage and wisdom at this critical hour in order to make Pakistan a haven of peace and security as well as to strive for its strength and stability. The representatives expressed a deep sense of sorrow over Badami Bagh tragedy. The participants agreed with the stance taken by the CM and Punjab government against malicious the propaganda and the equally shared grief of our Christian brethren.
Bishop Azad Marshal said, “Just because of Shahbaz Sharif such an important meeting has taken place. Everyone is under one roof in this country and this is the most important message of brotherhood we can give to the whole world. We are all together and these acts are carries out by those who want to create differences between the minorities and majority”.
The Bishop added that Maulana Abdul Azad once told him that we both have the same name and we are also brothers.
“He said that the mission which we both have stared will be continued by our sons,” he said.
A Hindu religious scholar, Dr Munaver Chand said, “Today is the best day in the history. This is what the founder of Pakistan taught us. We all are more Pakistanis than we are Hindu, Muslim or Christians. Everyone is equal and together. I am very thankful to Maulana Azaad that he took such a step to promote tolerance in the country”.
Mian Hafiz Nauman, an MPA of PML-N, said, “Such incidents take place when we don’t have patience and when we don’t have the proper knowledge of Islam. Our religion teaches us to tolerate and act wisely in any situation. But we are far away from the teachings of Islam. We have to act wisely to counter such events in the future.”
Hamza Shahbaz said people should not have taken the law in their own hands.
“There are courts and our judiciary is free and everything is being done on merit. We are here to help everyone.”
Hamza Shahbaz, Hafiz Nauman, Senator Kamran Michael, Mian Margoob, Dr Maulana Abdul Khayr Azaad, Mulana Habib-ur-Rehman, Baghwan Daas, Allama Tahir Ashrafi, Dr Munawer Chand, Chiragh Singh, Bishop Azaad Marshal, Father Francis Nadeem were also present in the meeting.