ISLAMABAD: Minister Incharge for National Harmony Dr. Paul Bhatti here Wednesday called for socio-economic uplift of non-Muslims in Pakistan to protect them and resolve their issues.
Talking to a six member European Union Parliament Mission delegation led by Jean Lambert, chair of South Asia, Dr Paul discussed issues of non-Muslims in Pakistan and stressed for steps to impart them education for their active role in the society.
He said the issues of non-Muslims are related to poverty and illiteracy as mostly they are marginalized class of society especially the Christians community. They are unable to pay schools fees and feed their children properly, he added.
He proposed to set up boarding schools for the non-Muslim children of 4 or 5 classes where they can be educated properly and trained social and living techniques in the society.
As far as the poverty is concerned, most of the non-Muslims live in the slums as they are unable to improve their living standard due to lack of economic resources, Dr. Paul said.
"We are planning to set up small business and vocational schools to provide the opportunities toward economic uplift of the minorities," he said.
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