Rise in extremist attitudes in Sindh will not be tolerated: Bilawal Bhutto

• PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari meets a group of Sindh's prominent writers, human rights representatives, intellectuals and academics
• Delegation requests PPP chairperson that the cyber crime cell under the federal government be contacted to contain and curb extremist statements on social media.
• Bilawal assures group that Ministry of Religious Affairs in Sindh will play an active role in "promoting process of healthy dialogue between the Ulema and other intellectuals".

KARACHI: PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says a rise in extremist attitudes in the country, and especially in Sindh, will not be tolerated and no individual or group will be allowed to take the law into their own hands.

He was speaking to a delegation of Sindh intellectuals, human rights representatives, journalists, writers, social leaders and academics who called on him andbriefedhimon the growing extremism in Sindh.

Expressing concern over the intoleranceand incitementbeing spreadagainst writer and columnistAmar Jalil, the delegation drew attention to the reaction to an old allegorical fiction of the well-known writerand expressedconcern over the threatsto him andother issuesbeingfacedbyprogressive writers, poets and intellectuals in Sindh.

The delegation included NoorulHudaShah, Jami Chandio, Amar Sindhu, Dr Ayub Sheikh, Dr Irfana Mallah, Rafiq Chandio, Nazir Leghari, Fazil Jamili, Dr Jaffar Ahmed, Anees Haroon, Ahmed Shah, Zakia Ijaz and Imdad Chandio.

The meeting was also attended by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Culture Minister Sardar Shah.

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PPP Vice President Senator Sherry Rehman, Central Secretary Information and MNA Shazia Marri and Political Secretary to PPP Chairperson Jamil Soomro were also present.

The delegation requestedthe PPP chairperson that the cyber crime cell under the federal government be contacted to contain and curb extremist statements on social media. They asked thePPP to play its "positive role" in this regard.

Bilawal saidthat the process of dialogue with the administrative bodies of different sects will be promoted and the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Sindh will play an active role in "promoting the process of healthy dialogue between the Ulema and other intellectuals".

Hesaid that Sindh is a land of religious tolerance and Sufi traditionsasthe message of peace from Sindh spreads all over the world.

The real identity of Sindh, he said, is the tolerance of society and hence, it should bemaintained under all circumstances.