{"id":9757,"date":"2024-03-29T10:01:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T10:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=9757"},"modified":"2024-03-29T10:01:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T10:01:18","slug":"pakistan-is-home-to-a-rich-diversity-of-religious-communities-jane-marriott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=9757","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan is home to a rich diversity of religious communities, Jane Marriott"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0063.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0063.jpg 711w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0063-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>British High Commissioner hosts 12 faiths at interfaith Iftar dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Islamabad  : British High Commissioner, Jane Marriott CMG OBE said that Today&#8217;s interfaith Iftar was a wonderful reminder of the white in Pakistan&#8217;s flag. Pakistan is home to a rich diversity of religious communities, and breaking bread together allowed us to discuss important issues of peace and harmony_.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> British High Commissioner Jane Marriott hosted an Iftar dinner at the British High Commission for leading members of different religious communities across Pakistan to celebrate the country&#8217;s rich cultural diversity.Over 80 people from 12 faiths, including heritage experts working to promote cultural and religious diversity in Pakistan, attended the Iftar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the event, religious leaders broke bread together and discussed issues surrounding tolerance, acceptance and inclusion amongst Pakistan&#8217;s multi-faith and multi-cultural groups. High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Pakistan, H.E. Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne, represented followers of the Buddhist faith at the Iftar, which has a rich history in Pakistan. Dr Saveera Prakash, the first Hindu woman to contest elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the 2024 General Elections, delivered a speech describing her campaigning experience and stressed interfaith harmony in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0060-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0060-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0060-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0060.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>*Chief Guest on the occasion Minister for Human Rights, Azam Nazeer Tarar* said:\u201c _Pakistan is proud of its rich cultural and religious traditions, seeing freedom of belief and interfaith harmony as key to our democracy. I&#8217;m excited to join the interfaith iftar by the British High Commission, uniting leaders of different faiths, and look forward to closer cooperation with the UK._ \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0062-1024x445.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0062-1024x445.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0062-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0062-768x334.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0062-1536x668.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240329-WA0062.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British High Commissioner hosts 12 faiths at interfaith Iftar dinner Islamabad : British High Commissioner, Jane Marriott CMG OBE said that Today&#8217;s interfaith Iftar was a wonderful reminder of the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[428,201,438],"class_list":["post-9757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diplomacy-corner","category-main-stories","tag-british-high-commission","tag-british-high-commissioner","tag-ministry-of-human-rights-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9762,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9757\/revisions\/9762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}