National Minorities Day which was announced in 2009 and included the active persuasion by Mr. Clement Shahbaz Bhatti, the Christian Federal Minister who was assassinated on March 2, 2011 LAHORE, Pakistan: Following its tradition of observing National Minorities’ Day every year, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) held a 5th Convention on August 10, 2021 on the theme of ‘Equality of Rights: Challenges of Implementation’.

The Punjab Minister of Human Rights & Minority Affairs Ejaz Alam Augustine while addressing the gathering said, “We have prepared a draft on the issue of forced conversions in Pakistan. But in addition, we need judicial reform and social awareness about this critical issue.”
On Single National Curriculum he said, “For the first time interfaith subjects are being introduced including The Bible, Guru Granth, and Geeta and hate material has been removed from 188 books.”

During the interactive session, Mr. Faisal Ilyas Executive Secretary participated in the program and shared his reservations on the current population of Christian Minority in Pakistan and Mr. Peter Jacob respond that we need to start an awareness campaign for Christian Minority for exact counting of the Christian in Pakistan.