ISLAMABAD: Fed­eral Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Minister of Sta­te for Interior Tallal Chau­dhry on Tuesday chaired a special meeting of the Paigham-i-Amn (message of peace) Committee to discuss arrangements for Muharramul Haram and measures to curb sectarian incitement.

The committee discus­sed in detail steps to promote inter-sect harmony and religious tolerance during the holy month.

It said that action would be taken against those spreading incitement and sectarianism on social me­­dia. Mr Naqvi said that mai­ntaining strong and per­manent contact with Ulema was among the ministry’s priorities.

“The Paigham-i-Pakis­tan Committee will be made active and effective down to the district level,” he said, adding that public awareness against terrorism and extremism in the light of Quran and Sunnah was the need of the hour.

“There is no room in Islam for rebellion against the state and spreading chaos.

Ulema should guide the public in this regard,” he said.

The minister announ­ced that a coordinator would be appointed for the peace committee.

“Maintaining law and order during Muharram is our collective responsibility,” he said.

Mr Naqvi credited Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with leading Pakistan’s role in Iran-US negotiations and said Field Marshal General Syed Asim Munir played a key role “as captain on the ground”.

The meeting was attended by religious scholars Allama Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, Senator Hafiz Abdul Karim, Mufti Abdul Raheem, Allama Arif Hussain Wahidi, Pir Naqeeb ur Rehman, Allama Muhammad Hussain Akbar, Dr Muhammad Raghib Hussain Naeemi, Maulana Tayyab Qureshi, Allama Ziaullah Shah Bukhari, Bishop Azad Marshall, Rajesh Kumar Hirdasani and Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora.

Published in Dawn, June 17th, 2026