A meeting of the ministerial committee was held under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister's Advisor on Political Affairs and Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Rana Sana Ullah, at the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony. The meeting was attended by the Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Chaudhry Salik Hussain, Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Azam Nazeer Tarrar, and Federal Minister for Planning, Ahsan Iqbal. The meeting reviewed the National Commission for Minorities Bill 2024. Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Azam Nazeer Tarrar, stated that the National Commission for Minorities should be made independent and autonomous from ministerial pressure. The subcommittee also proposed granting financial and administrative autonomy to the commission. The commission will consist of 13 members, 9 of whom will be from minority communities. The committee directed the Ministry of Law and Justice to finalize the National Commission for Minorities Bill 2024 within three days, incorporating the amendments related to the subcommittee on the National Commission for Minorities. The committee also reviewed the interfaith harmony policy and the policy for promoting religious tolerance. Federal Minister Rana Sana Ullah emphasized the significant importance of mosques in Islam and suggested that the interfaith harmony policy should include a proposal to activate mosques as community centers. The committee, composed of federal ministers, directed the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony to present the interfaith harmony policy and the policy for promoting religious tolerance to the federal cabinet meeting for final approval, incorporating the subcommittee's amendments related to both policies.
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