ISLAMABAD: The recently concluded 10th Parliamentary Conference of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul passed three resolutions presented by Pakistan on offensive caricatures, the Peshawar carnage and Kashmir.
The Pakistan’s delegation headed by National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq and comprising MNAs Shazia Ashfaq Mattho and Mohammad Khan Daha tabled the resolutions which the conference adopted on its conclusion on Jan 23 and made them part of its communiqué.
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The resolution on caricatures said such malicious attacks on the sanctity of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) “are deliberate attempts to incite violence, create discord, widen misunderstandings among civilisations and thereby provide opportunities to terrorist elements to capitalise on public sentiments”.
The conference “genuinely believes that freedom of expression should not be misused as a means to attack or hurt public sentiments and religious beliefs and in this regard Article 20 of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights must be followed by all states.
The Clause 2 of Article 10 of the European Union’s Convention on Human Rights also expresses similar context”.
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