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CM Murad for interfaith harmony

Published December 20, 2016 Updated December 20, 2016 04:28pm

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that there is dire need of educating people about the interfaith and sectarian harmony in the country.

Sindh is peaceful province and the people living here are tolerant and believe in humanity.

This he said while talking to Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammad Yousuf who met him here at Chief Minister House, said a statement.

The chief minister said that he was working hard to develop interfaith harmony and to some extent he has succeeded in this task because people are tolerant but more work on this matter need to be done.

The federal Minister said that he had almost developed consensus to deliver same khutba in the mosques, same timing of azan and of namaz at least in a each and every city.

The Ulemas were cooperating with him and further consultation in this regard is in progress, he said.

He said that he constituted Ulema and Mashaekh Council (UMC) in which religious leaders of different schools of thought were being inducted.

This council would play an important role in developing interfaith and sectarian harmony in the country.

The chief minister also assured him of his support and cooperation.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2016