As the UN General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to recognize the World Interfaith Harmony Week annually during the first week of February.
During the 1st week of February 2012 the world celebrated 2nd world interfaith harmony week through out the world. With the strong motivation of Ms.
Monica Willard URI Representative at UN, Pakistan Council for Social Welfare & Human Rights (PCSW&HR) also actively participated to celebrate the
world interfaith harmony week. To celebrate this week PCSW&HR organized various awareness activities in which seminar at Social Welfare Services
Complex Sialkot on the topic “Interfaith & Intercultural Harmony is Essential to Secure Peace” on 6th February 2012 and Orientation workshop at Govt.
School Ajowali on 7th February 2012 for the community based groups formed by PCSW&HR at village level were main activities. In the seminar and
orientation workshop hundreds of believer (both male & female) of different faiths in which Muslims, Christians, Hindus etc participated. The main
focus of seminar was to campaigning for the importance of harmonious life among believers of different faiths and orientation workshop was to
orientate the youth members of community based groups and teachers from education department on the importance of interfaith harmony and role of youth
to sensitize the local community for the promotion of interfaith & intercultural harmony as well distribute the appreciate certificate among the those
members did the marvelous work at grass root level for interfaith & intercultural harmony, peace and justice. Bishop of Sialkot Rt. Rev. Samuel
Pervaz Dioceses of Sialkot Church of Pakistan presided over the seminar at Sialkot. Mr. Muhammad Ijaz Noori Chairman PCSW&HR and Member Provincial
Assembly & Chairman Standing Committee for Health Govt. of Punjab Mr. Tahir Mehmood Hundli Advocate were chief guests at Seminar. Hundred of men and
women belonging from different faiths participated in the seminar.