'Justice, education vital to establish peace, tolerance in society'

Punjab University acting vice-chancellor Professor Dr Taqi Zahid Butt has said that justice, education and training are vital to establish peace and promote culture of tolerance in our society. He said this while addressing a seminar and inauguration weeklong campaign to pay homage to the martyrs of Army Public School organized by PU Centre for Clinical Psychology in collaboration with Punjab Higher Education Commission, here Friday.
PHEC Director General Dr Shahid Soroya, senior Defence analyst Brigadier Ghazanfar Ali (retd), Dean Faculty of Life Sciences Professor Dr Naeem Khan, Director Centre for Clinical Psychology Professor Dr Rukhsana Kausar, faculty members and a large number of students were present on the occasion.
Addressing the ceremony, Dr Taqi Zahid Butt said that the scope of justice is not limited to the courts only rather social justice and a man's obligation to do justice with the other man was also very important. Brigadier Ghazanfar Ali (retd) said on the occasion that Pakistan army was the best and the most professional army in the world and our future was very bright. He said that a proxy war had been imposed on Pakistan and we must recognise our real enemy. He said that foreign powers were making efforts to create religious division in Pakistan and we must understand and counter their conspiracies. He said that we must promote positive thinking and our students should play as change agent in our society. Other speakers said that National Action Plan was a historical document and academic institutions had important role to play in it.