President House, Islamabad, Pakistan On 12 August,2024 Government of Pakistan organized Interfaith conference on National Minority DAay,2024 at President House Islamabad, Pakistan. President of Pakistan Mr. Asif Zardari participated as Chief Guest in the conference. More than 500 interfaith people participated in this conference all the provinces of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday reiterated that Pakistan was committed to protection of the rights of minorities and provision of equal opportunities to them to excel in every walk of life as enshrined in the Constitution of Pakistan.

Addressing a ceremony to mark the celebrations of Minorities’ Day at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the president said, “Under the Constitution and under the onus of oath of my office, I have the duty to protect all rights of the minorities and provide all kind of facilitation”.

He said that the objective behind the observance of Minorities’ Day at the official level was to acknowledge the valuable contributions made by the members of different communities living in Pakistan. Lauding the role of the minorities in the national progress and prosperity, he said that they were the equal citizens of Pakistan and future builders of the nation.

The event arranged by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony was attended by members of parliament, ulema, religious leaders, members of the diplomatic corps, media and representatives from different minorities.

His Grace, Archbishop Joseph Arshad and other speakers lauded the President Asif Ali Zardari, for the observance of Minorities’ Day at the national level and the recent signing of Christian Marriage Act (Amended) 1872.

Archbishop Joseph Arshad, Bishop Nadeem Kamran Church of Pakistan, Fr. James Channan OP, Bishop Humphrey Sarfaraz Peter Church of Pakistan, Hafiz Thair Mehmood Ashrafi, Haroon Sarb Diyal representative of Hindu community, Sardar Gurpal Singh representative of Sikh community, Dr Seema Farzad representative of Bahai community and Isphandyar M. Bhandra, a member of National Assembly and representative of Parsi community and with it a big number of Interfaith people participated in this conference.