Governor urges students to promote love, discourage hatred

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman urged the students to promote love and discourage hatred. He said this while talking to a delegation of students and teachers from Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu &Kashmir (Caravan of Goodwill and National Unity) which called on him under the auspices of the Idara Nazria-i-Pakistan at Governor’s House here on Tuesday.

During the meeting, Senior Vice-Chairman of Idara Nazria-i-Pakistan Mian Farooq Altaf, Member Board of Governors Mian Salman Farooq, Secretary Naheed Imran Gill, M Saifullah Ch, Usman Ahmed and President of Nazria-i-Pakistan Forum Peshawar Malik Liaquat Ali Tabassam were also present. 

Talking on this occasion, Punjab Governor said that Pakistan is an ideological state that came into existence under the two-nation theory. He said that all minorities living in Pakistan are equal citizens of Pakistan and have equal rights. 

The governor said that people and delegations from different walks of life keep visiting the Governor's House, but the delegation under goodwill and national unity caravan is unique in the sense that it is comprised of four provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and students and teachers belonging to Azad Kashmir. He said that this efforts of Idara Nazria-i-Pakistan are very commendable, which is fulfilling a national duty by making the new generation aware of Pakistan's ideology.