Islamabad, July 20, 2023 (PPI-OT): International organizations have ranked Pakistan as one of the least racial countries in the world. This was told by Minister for Human Rights Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, while responding to a question during the Question Hour in the Lower House on Thursday evening. He said a report of the Washington Post ranked Pakistan as the least racial country, while World Values Survey found it as the more racial tolerant country in the universe.
The Minister said any complaint regarding violation of human rights is solved on priority basis in cooperation with the law enforcement agencies. He also urged the world community to take notice of gross human rights violations being committed by India and Israel in the Occupied Kashmir and Palestine respectively. Earlier, Session of the National Assembly started at the Parliament House with Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in the chair.
The House offered fateha for the departed souls of former Member National Assembly Shahadat Ali Khan, son of ex-MNA Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry and personnel of Pakistan Army, Police, and other people, who died in different incidents across Pakistan. Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali led the fateha.
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