Pervaiz Rashid accepts PTI challenge for live debate on formation of judicial commission
Monday, 26 January 2015 22:17

Talking
to media persons after attending a conference organized by Pakistan
Ulema Council (PUC) here, he welcomed the PTI leader's offer and said
that PTI should nominate its participant or participants, and PML-N
would nominate similar number of participants for the debate.
He said that as Information Minister he would ensure live coverage of the debate on national media.
He
said that as PTI leadership has given offer for the debate, he was
ready to assist party's Information Secretary Shireen Mazari in making
arrangements for the debate.
The PTI should
decide when, where and on which TV channels live debate should be
covered and he would work as assistant to Shireen Mazari.
He
hoped that Asad Omar and PTI leadership would respond positively to his
offer as this was true democratic attitude to have debate on issues,
whether that may be held in Parliament or on media channels.
He
said after the debate, the matter should be left to the people to
decide whether PTI's stance was right or the government viewpoint on
judicial commission was rational.
To a question
about Imran Khan's statement about more protests, he said that comment
on such statements could be made after the live debate.
He
said that present crises being faced by the country were result of
faulty policies of past governments and the present regime under the
sagacious leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has formed consensus
policy to eliminate terrorism from the soil of Pakistan.
He
said that the government knows how to tackle the crisis and in the past
it also faced challenges and all crises would be overcome and by the
time of next general election, Pakistan would be free from all types of
crisis.
Earlier addressing the participants of
the conference he said that the French Magazine by publishing
blasphemous material has not only hurt the sentiments of the Muslim
Ummah but followers of other religions also openly condemned the
magazine for damaging the inter-faith harmony in the world.
He
said life of the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) was a beacon of
light for all the Muslims and during his life time, he never became
angry about the persons who misbehaved with the Holy Prophet (SAW).
He
said that the Holy Prophet not only went to inquire the health of the
old woman who used to throw garbage on him, but also set an example by
helping her during illness.
Pervaiz Rashid said
that as followers of Islam, we should also follow the path of the Holy
Prophet (SAW), and adopt a method of protest which should reflect the
teachings of Islam.
The message of Holy Prophet
was for followers of all religions including Christians, Sikhs, Hindus
etc and he taught that all past prophets were sent by Allah Almighty, he
added.
The minister said that Muslims not only
demand that nobody should be allowed to do blasphemy against our Holy
Prophet (SAW) but we are against anything sacrilegious against any
religion. He said that if we adopt such stance followers of all other
religions would support our stance.
He said in
France tens of thousands of newspapers, magazines and books are
published and except for a few like Charlie Hebdo, majority of them do
not publish such sacrilegious material.
In
Europe and France itself, several books have been published about the
life and teachings of the Holy Prophet (SAW) and those converting to
Islam have been reading those books published in English, French and
other European languages.
He cited the example
of conquest of Makkah Mukkarma when the Holy Prophet declared the home
of his worst enemy as Darul Aman, though it was very easy to behead him,
but he was pardoned.
The statement of the Pope,
he said, was worth appreciation and we are thankful to him, but the
Pakistan Ulema Council should meet the Vatican City's representative in
Pakistan and also send a request for meeting the Pope himself.
He
said that people from other faiths should also be included in the
delegation to visit Vatican City and convince the Pope to join hands
against elements hurting religious sentiments of various faiths.
Pervaiz
Rashid said united alliance against such elements was also necessary to
avoid clash among various religious faiths and we should take lead in
uniting the people of all faiths and make the world cradle of peace and
tranquillity where followers of all faiths can live peacefully.
He
assured that the government of Pakistan was ready to cooperate with PUC
to reach the destination of a world free from blasphemy of any faith,
and nobody should have the audacity to indulge in any such obnoxious
activity in future.
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