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Lahore: January 2, 2016. (PCP) Rwadari Tehreek, is a non-violent social movement which has been initiated by concerned citizens of Pakistan to counter religious extremism, intolerance and terrorism and to promote the respect of all types of diversity including religious diversity, religious tolerance and to bridge gap between the people of different faiths and religions and different walks of life.
The Core Team of Rwadari Tehreek held a meeting in Lahore Today- 31 December 2015 which was presided over by the Chairman Rwadari Tehreek Mr. Samson Salamat and Central President Mr. Abdullah Malik while other office bearers and members including Mr. Deedar Ahmed Mirani (Vice Chairman of Rwadari Tehreek), Ms. Sabira Asmat (President of Rwadari Tehreek Lahore), Mr. Khamis Chaudhary (Vice President Rwadari Tehreek Lahore), Ms. Arooma Shahzad (General Secretary of Rwadari Tehreek Lahore), Ms. Komal Patras (Secretariat Incharge of Rwadari Tehreek) Mr. Imran Yousuf, Mr. Naveed Raphael, and Mr. Adoo Ram participated in the meeting.
All the office bearers and members of Rwadari Tehreek during the meeting expressed serious concerns about the presence of the IS militants in the country and demanded the immediate concrete measures for the full fledge implementation of 20 Points of National Action Plan.
The Counter Terrorism Department claimed on Monday (28 December) according to the Media reports that it had busted a cell of the militant Islamic State group operating in Sialkot, arrested eight suspects and seized weapons, explosives and laptops, as well as a large number of compact discs containing publicity material. The suspects belong to different districts of Punjab, but Sialkot served as the base of their operations. These militants dislike democracy and had vowed to overthrow democracy through armed struggle while they hate police and Pakistan Army.
Addressing the meeting Mr. Samson Salamat said that this is a highly alarming situation and therefore Rwadari Tehreek calls upon the Government, State Institutions responsible for the safety and security of the citizens, and the political forces to seriously look into the issue of militancy, extremism and terrorism and make concrete short term and long terms strategies to counter the militant groups who are killing innocent people and continuously challenging the sovereignty of our land and conspiring against the democratic system of our country”.
Abdullah Malik said that “the policy of denial is never a solution and therefore the government and the other stake-holders must accept the realities and concrete measures should be taken to ensure the safety and security of the citizens”.
During the meeting the members and office bearers of Rwadari Tehreek made following demands to counter terrorism and religious extremism:
Rwadari Tehreek in its meeting also announced to observe the “2016 as a Year for Rwadari” in Pakistan and Tehreek will organize programs all over the country to promote Rwadari in the society and shall continue to raise voice against religious extremism, intolerance and terrorism and demand from the Government for the Effective Implementation of National Action Plan.
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