Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has urged the religious scholars belonging to different schools of thought to preach message of peace and brotherhood.
Addressing Ulema and Mashaikh Conference in Islamabad today, he said the coalition government and national institutions are in unprecedented harmony to steer the country out of prevailing challenges.
The Prime Minister said that the challenges pervading the country necessitated learning lessons from past weaknesses and mistakes and making sincere efforts to develop Pakistan as a country as was dreamt by the forefathers..
He called for the efforts to wipe out Fitna al Khawarij, a term referring to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan involved in anti-Pakistan activities.
He also criticized the use of social media to spread lies and propaganda – particularly after 2018- instead of appreciating the government’s efforts for public services.
He said even the army soldiers, who sacrificed their lives to protect millions of other children from being orphaned, are be
ing humiliated on social media.
Calling the May 9 attacks ‘the most heart-wrenching’ incident in the country’s history, the prime minister highlighted that the characters behind the tragedy of 1971 met their fate in Bangladesh amidst the recent developments in the country.
He urged the Ulema to play their role to do away with the division in the society and highlight the Islamic economic system.
The Prime Minister said the government is making all-out efforts to address the economic challenges and expressed hope that upcoming IMF program to be the last one.
He assured the gathering that the coalition government and the Chief of Army Staff are in consultation to work out a comprehensive plan to ease the inflation-stricken people and the provinces would soon announce their respective plans in this regard.
He said the IMF Program is a compulsion to bring economic about stability, productive employment and reforms in the FBR and power sector.
In his remarks on the occasion, Minister for Religious Affairs Ch
audhry Salik Hussain urged the Ulema to play their role to counter extremist elements.
He said these elements distort the teachings of our great religion Islam to stoke instability and chaos, emphasizing the need for collective efforts to ensure peace in the country.
Source: Radio Pakistan
