KARACHI: Speakers at a conference on Wednesday demanded legislation to halt forced faith conversion, which was serious issue for Pakistani religious minorities.| Good luck with that one... |
Addressing the conference, Chief Justice of Sindh High Court (SHC) Justice Mushir Alam underlined the need for concerted efforts in the South Asian states to bring harmony in diversity and pluralistic society and ensure peace in the region.
Earlier, in a resolution, passed on the occasion, the conference suggested that the South Asian civil society should take the initiative of developing a South Asian Charter for Minority Rights. It demanded that the discriminatory and potentially abusive against religious minoritiesÂ’ clauses from the Pakistan Penal Code and other legislation be removed. There is a need to sensitize judges, lawyers and the judicial personnel, particularly of the lower judiciary, on equal citizenship rights of the minorities, the resolution added.