Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that promotion of societal norms of tolerance and patience is the needs of the hour as societies are ruined due to intolerance. In his message, Chief Minister said that a peaceful society can be formed by promoting passions of tolerance, patience and harmony at the grassroots. He said Islam is a religion of peace and justice and it has also stressed to promote such norms in the society. There is a need that inter-religious and inter-faith harmony should be promoted so as to encourage the sentiments of tolerance in the society. He said that educational institutions, universities and religious seminaries can play an important role in promoting the trends of tolerance and patience. The societal principles of moderation should be promoted to completely eradicate the menace of fanaticism from the society, he added. The purpose of observing this day is to highlight the importance of tolerance in the society; and today, we should also reiterate the commitment that we will play our role for overcoming societal prejudices from the society along with promotion of tolerance, the Chief Minister concluded.
