Farrukh Habib asks religious scholars to play role for unity in society
Farrukh Habib warned that the enemy always tries to exploit our fault lines to stoke anarchy.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib has asked the religious scholars belonging to different schools of thought to continue to play their role for unity and harmony in the society to foil the conspiracies of the enemy.
Addressing an Ulema Convention in Islamabad on Tuesday, he warned that the enemy always tries to exploit our fault lines to stoke anarchy.
He said the Ulema have an added responsibility to counter the hybrid warfare launched by India against Pakistan. He said we have to take forward Paigham-e-Pakistan code of conduct bearing signatures of about eighteen religious scholars for peace and stability in the country.
Farrukh Habib said EU DisinfoLab recently exposed as to how India was involved in propaganda campaign and spreading fake news against Pakistan through social media.
The Minister of State said that our enemy is also trying to create hurdles in the way of multi-billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor project (CPEC). He said the enemy does not want development taking place in Pakistan. He however said Pakistan and China enjoy all weather friendship and both the countries have stood by each other in difficult times.
The Minister of State pointed out that Pakistan continues to play a positive role for peace and stability in neighboring Afghanistan. He said Pakistan has made it clear that it will no longer be part of any conflict but partner in peace.
Farrukh Habib expressed satisfaction over the economic strides being made by the country. He said despite COVID-19 the country registered economic growth of four percent during the last fiscal year. He said exports remained 2.5 billion dollars during the first month of current fiscal year.
