ISLAMABAD – National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza on Wednesday reiterated the need for engaging parliamentarians from the East and the West into interfaith dialogues to create better understanding between nations and religions.
According to a press release issued here on Wednesday, while addressing the 2nd Extraordinary Session of the Parliamentary Union of Islamic Countries (PUIC) in Abu Dhabi, UAE, she said that for a peaceful world, peaceful co-existence among the nations was a must.
She added that inter-faith, inter-racial and inter-cultural dialogues were imperative for the peace and prosperity of the world.
Peace could not prevail if nations were kept subjugated and denied freedom, she said adding that durable peace and stability could only be achieved by finding amicable solutions of all outstanding disputes on the basis of international law.
She said Pakistan had always stood by the rights of oppressed nations and strongly advocated peoples’ right of self-determination. She also called for peaceful solution of Kashmir, Palestine and other international and regional disputes.
