LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said on Sunday that nation stands united under one flag. She said this in her special message on the occasion of the National Minorities Day. CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif said, “I salute every brother and sister of Punjab belonging to the minorities.
Quaid-i-Azam had declared all the citizens are free to visit their worship places. Equality, tolerance and patience aptly define democracy. Every citizen holds an equal status irrespective of their religion, caste and creed.
All the citizens are beautiful and colorful flowers of a bouquet. Pakistan belongs to everyone and is equivalent to a land of heaven.” The chief minister said, “The minorities enjoy equal rights in Punjab according to the vision of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
All our brothers and sisters belonging to the minorities have been provided equal education and employment opportunities. I, while delineating Punjab’s roadmap during my maiden speech, declared the minorities as very dear to our hearts. Easter was celebrated along with the Christian community in the Maryam Abad church on the eve of Easter Day and 10,000 Christian minorities were awarded eidi.
” The CM said,” I visited Kartarpur and harvested wheat on the eve of Vaisakhi and took the langar of Sangat. Punjab holds a unique distinction of being the first province across the globe to enforce registration of Sikh Marriage Act and work on Hindu Marriage Act and Christian Personal Laws is ongoing which will.