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Human rights not top priority for Pakistan media industry

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Karachi – PR: Speaking at an interfaith harmony workshop in Karachi, senior journalists said reporting priorities in Pakistan media industry are dictated by commercial interests rather than human rights or public good. In a session on marginalized communities and the media’s role, the speakers said the media is the new big industry where a news … Read more

Citizens’ faith not a business of the state

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PR –KARACHI: Speakers at a national workshop on interfaith harmony said it was not the business of the state to regulate the religious beliefs of the citizens. In Pakistan, attempts were made in the past to manufacture a religiously homogenous nation out of a huge diversity of faiths. Those policies only created social discord and … Read more

Decades of mental conditioning responsible for anti-minority hostility in Pakistan: Speakers

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QUETTA – PR: Speakers at a workshop said policies in the past decades were responsible for the progressive radicalization of the society. Decades of mental conditioning through education, ideological indoctrination, and other means has led to faith-based polarization and anti-minority hostility in Pakistan. In the contemporary environment, members of minority religious groups find it hard … Read more

Persecution of minorities in Balochistan not a priority for media

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QUETTA PR – Speakers at a workshop said religious minorities have faced persecution in Balochistan for long but their plight has never been a priority for the mainstream media. Commercial interests, external pressures, as well as restrictions determine the media’s behavior towards the issues of minorities. Senior journalist and PFUJ president, Shahzada Zulfiqar, said journalists … Read more

Faith-based vigilantism not acceptable: Maulana Binori

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  PR – Sukkur: Renowned religious scholar of the Jamia Binoria, Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Yousaf Binori, said that vigilantism on the basis of faith is unacceptable. Neither the Islamic Shariah nor the legal system allow an individual citizen to become vigilante and punish someone. Pakistan’s legal system has detailed provisions to tackle crimes of various … Read more

Domestic extremism damaging Pakistan globally

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PR – Sargodha: A two-day educational and training workshop on interfaith harmony in Pakistan was held at the University of Sargodha on March 2nd and 3rd. Eminent scholars, writers, and journalists including Dr. Qibla Ayaz, chairperson Council of Islamic Ideology, Muhammad Amir Rana, security analyst and author, Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed, VC University of Sargodha, Sabookh … Read more