ISLAMABAD
\nFederal cabinet has directed to hold interfaith harmony conference at national level in next week.
\nCabinet met under the care taker Prime Minister (PM) Anwaar ul Haq Kakar.
\nThe Ulema of international stature from different religions and school of thoughts will be invited in the conference.
\nOn the recommendation of finance ministry, federal cabinet has fixed the diyat amount which is equal to 30630 grams silver as Rs 6757902.
\nThe care taker PM while addressing the federal cabinet said extremism and religious hatred will not be allowed in the country. It is foremost obligation of the state to protect minorities in Pakistan.
\nHe remarked that exemplary punishment will be awarded to those involved in Jaranwala incident.
\nHe indicated that care taker government has come for short period under the constitution.
\nOur basic responsibility is to extend cooperation to election commission for fair and transparent election, he added.
\nUpper house of parliament that is Senate is functioning but there can be no legislation.
\nOur care taker government has come for short period under law and constitution, he observed. We have to do legal and constitutional works within the period whatever we have.
\nWe cannot bring big changes in government system. National Assembly has been dissolved on completion of its constitutional term.
\nWe will take action on violation of rules and regulations, he remarked.
\nWe will decide about the agenda of next cabinet meeting on the basis of briefing. All ministers should get briefing from their respective ministries.
\nInterim federal cabinet fixes diyat amount at Rs6.7 million
\nThe declaration of the Interim Federal Cabinet meeting chaired by Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar Haq Kakar has been issued.
\nIn the cabinet meeting, the caretaker PM stressed that extremism and religious tension would never be allowed in the country and protection of minorities in Pakistan was part of the prime duties of the state while assuring that punishment of those involved in the Jaranwala incident would be ensured.
\nAccording to the announcement, the cabinet directed to hold an inter-faith harmony conference at the national level next week in which various scholars have been invited scholars from different religions and schools of thought.
\nAccording to the declaration, the conference would be an important milestone for the promotion of inter-religious harmony in Pakistan. The statement said that the cabinet fixed the amount of diyat for 2023-24 at Rs6.7 million on the recommendation of the ministry of finance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Federal cabinet has directed to hold interfaith harmony conference at national level in next week. Cabinet met under the care taker Prime Minister (PM) Anwaar ul Haq Kakar. The Ulema of international stature from different religions and school of thoughts will be invited in the conference. On the recommendation of finance ministry, federal cabinet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-350948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n