PA session summoned on Aug 11 to show solidarity with minorities
Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan had declared August 11 as National Minority Day in 2009
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The government has convened the session of Punjab Assembly on August 11 to show solidarity with the minorities.
Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan will chair the session scheduled to be held on August 11 at 2 PM.
A notification in this regard has also been issued after Governor Sardar Saleem Haider signed the summary to call the session.
A resolution would also be moved in the house to show solidarity with the minorities.
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The Government of Pakistan had declared August 11 as National Minority Day in 2009.
The day recalls the vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah with reference to his speech to the legislature on Aug 11, 1947, days before Pakistan separated from India, in which he pledged to protect the rights of non-Muslims in the newly created country.
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