Pakistan Chapter’s Peace Day Celebration
IARF Pakistan strives to promote peace and harmony among Islam and minority religions, including many Christians, Bahai, Sikh and others. Bahai and Sikh have proper relations and coexist well with Muslims, but there are tensions between the Muslim and Christian communities. We organize peace meetings with representatives of all faiths to discuss and promote tolerance and peace.
Please direct your inqueries to Dr. Jefferson Tasleem Ghauri at iarfpakistan[at]yahoo.com.
Celebrating the UN-established International Peace Day on 21 September, IARF’s Pakistan Chapter held a meeting with several speakers representing the countries diverse religious and spiritual traditions to share peace-building experiences and reflect together on how religions and denominations can contribute to creating and maintaining peaceful coexistence in a spirit of tolerance and dialogue, so much needed in that part of the world and many others.
The guests included:
- Fr. Amir Shehzad Lakshman (Orthodox Church)
- Rev. Victor Khayrat (Roman Catholic Church)
- Rana Muhammad Awais (Islam)
- Qari Mehtab Alam (Islam)
- Edwin Gul (Secular)
Independence Day Event in Pakistan
IARF Pakistan strives to promote peace and harmony among Islam and minority religions, including many Christians, Bahai, Sikh and others. Bahai and Sikh have proper relations and coexist well with Muslims, but there are tensions between the Muslim and Christian communities. We organize peace meetings with representatives of all faiths to discuss and promote tolerance and peace.
Please direct your inqueries to Dr. Jefferson Tasleem Ghauri at iarfpakistan[at]yahoo.com.
On August 14 2015, Pakistan Independence Day, the Pakistan Chapter of the IARF held an all-day programme for women and children. IARF Pakistan staff members, Robson Ayub and Hanook Yasir, delivered several presentations and moderated a discussion with the participants. The topics taken up included issues of vital importance for the people of Pakistan, such as religious coexistence, tolerance and mutual respect among various faith communities and groups in society, matters of key significance to the mission of IARF. The event met with much interest and was well attended. Below you can see several photographs taken at the meeting.
First Pakistan HRE trainings
Human Rights Education training
@Sargodha, Pakistan
27 – 28 September 2013
Participants: Muslim, Christian and Baha’i youth
Human Rights Education training
@Sādiqābād, Punjab, Pakistan
9 – 10 November 2013
Participants: Muslim and Christian
On both occasions, the message was “Respect the Human, and Religion”.
IARF’s India-produced training docu-dramas were screened, eliciting discussion and participants’ sharing of views and experiences. Lunch was provided, and attendance certificates issued.
Pakistan Chapter – Hiroshima & Nagasaki Peace Exhibition 2012
For Hiroshima Day 2012 (6 August)
Sargodha, Pakistan
As a contribution to awareness-raising on nuclear issues in the 2012 approach to the annual international remembrance day for the atomic holocaust, our Pakistan chapter launched an awareness-raising exhibition in its home city of Sargodha, titled ‘Never again Hiroshima, Nagasaki never again‘.
Guests at the opening, which took place during Ramadan, included Muslims as well as Christians & Bahais. For brief comments from guests (in Urdu), see these videos (YouTube link).
Exhibition opening photos (Facebook)
This event was made possible by support from our member group the Hiyoshi Shrine, Nagoya, Japan.
Pakistan Chapter: Interfaith in Youth IARF Cricket Gala 2012
Interfaith Cricket Match
Eid-Ghah grounds, Sargodha
8 June 2012
This was a floodlit night match with young Muslim, Baha’i and Christians participants, reported in the Daily Aftab and its Sunday magazine. As a boundary wall, banners were hung that carried texts about peace and harmony between religions.
Please see photos here (link to Picasa)
Interfaith in Youth is a program of IARF Pakistan that promotes peace and harmony between youth of different faith traditions.
A picnic in Pakistan
International Day of Peace Vigil 2008 in Pakistan
21 September 2008
End Time Message Church, Sargodha
Report (PDF illustrated, 5 pages)
View slideshow (external link)