{"id":49384,"date":"2026-08-11T12:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/?p=49384"},"modified":"2026-08-11T12:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:36:44","slug":"minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/","title":{"rendered":"Minorities’ Role in National Development Is Vital: Governor KP"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi has said that minorities are equal citizens of Pakistan and play a vital role in the country\u2019s development and prosperity.<\/p>\n

Addressing a ceremony held at Parliament House in Islamabad to mark National Minorities Day, Faisal Karim Kundi said that National Minorities Day provided an opportunity to reaffirm the vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the principles of equality, freedom, human dignity and inclusion enshrined in the Constitution of Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Chairman Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Senator Dinesh Kumar, Senator Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman, former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Minister of State for Religious Affairs Khel Das Kohistani, and Senators Tahir Khalil Sindhu, Bushra Anjum Butt, Faisal Saleem Rehman, Shahadat Awan, Nasir Butt and Kamran Murtaza attended the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Members of Parliament, including Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani, members of the Parliamentary Minorities Caucus, senators, members of the National Assembly and senior officials of the Senate Secretariat also participated in the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi has said that minorities are equal citizens of Pakistan and play a vital role in the country\u2019s development and prosperity. Addressing a ceremony held at Parliament House in Islamabad to mark National Minorities Day, Faisal Karim Kundi said that National Minorities Day provided an opportunity to reaffirm the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,663],"tags":[775,688,783,786,717,680,249,83],"class_list":["post-49384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-national","category-news","tag-kpnews","tag-kpupdate","tag-minorityrights","tag-protectminorities","tag-voiceofkp","tag-voiceofkp-kpk-khyberpakhtoonkhwa","tag-minorities","tag-pakistan"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMinorities' Role in National Development Is Vital: Governor KP - Voice of KP English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chairman Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Senator Dinesh Kumar, Senator Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman, former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Minister of State for Religious Affairs Khel Das Kohistani, and Senators Tahir Khalil Sindhu, Bushra Anjum Butt, Faisal Saleem Rehman, Shahadat Awan, Nasir Butt and Kamran Murtaza attended the ceremony.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minorities' Role in National Development Is Vital: Governor KP - Voice of KP English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chairman Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Senator Dinesh Kumar, Senator Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman, former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Minister of State for Religious Affairs Khel Das Kohistani, and Senators Tahir Khalil Sindhu, Bushra Anjum Butt, Faisal Saleem Rehman, Shahadat Awan, Nasir Butt and Kamran Murtaza attended the ceremony.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Voice of KP English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-11T07:36:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/Governor-KP-on-Minorities-in-Isb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1599\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1066\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Webdesk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Webdesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/\",\"name\":\"Minorities' Role in National Development Is Vital: Governor KP - Voice of KP English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/Governor-KP-on-Minorities-in-Isb.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-11T07:36:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/352c74a61d00ac8a47a0e2bf888f9d8a\"},\"description\":\"Chairman Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Senator Dinesh Kumar, Senator Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman, former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Minister of State for Religious Affairs Khel Das Kohistani, and Senators Tahir Khalil Sindhu, Bushra Anjum Butt, Faisal Saleem Rehman, Shahadat Awan, Nasir Butt and Kamran Murtaza attended the ceremony.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/Governor-KP-on-Minorities-in-Isb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/Governor-KP-on-Minorities-in-Isb.jpg\",\"width\":1599,\"height\":1066,\"caption\":\"Governor KP Nationa News\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Minorities’ Role in National Development Is Vital: Governor KP\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Voice of KP English\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/352c74a61d00ac8a47a0e2bf888f9d8a\",\"name\":\"Webdesk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Logo-V11-135x135.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Logo-V11-135x135.png\",\"caption\":\"Webdesk\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/author\/webdesk\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Minorities' Role in National Development Is Vital: Governor KP - Voice of KP English","description":"Chairman Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Senator Dinesh Kumar, Senator Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman, former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Minister of State for Religious Affairs Khel Das Kohistani, and Senators Tahir Khalil Sindhu, Bushra Anjum Butt, Faisal Saleem Rehman, Shahadat Awan, Nasir Butt and Kamran Murtaza attended the ceremony.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Minorities' Role in National Development Is Vital: Governor KP - Voice of KP English","og_description":"Chairman Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Senator Dinesh Kumar, Senator Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman, former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Minister of State for Religious Affairs Khel Das Kohistani, and Senators Tahir Khalil Sindhu, Bushra Anjum Butt, Faisal Saleem Rehman, Shahadat Awan, Nasir Butt and Kamran Murtaza attended the ceremony.","og_url":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/","og_site_name":"Voice of KP English","article_published_time":"2026-08-11T07:36:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1599,"height":1066,"url":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/Governor-KP-on-Minorities-in-Isb.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Webdesk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Webdesk","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/","url":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/","name":"Minorities' Role in National Development Is Vital: Governor KP - Voice of KP English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/Governor-KP-on-Minorities-in-Isb.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-11T07:36:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/352c74a61d00ac8a47a0e2bf888f9d8a"},"description":"Chairman Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Senator Dinesh Kumar, Senator Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman, former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Minister of State for Religious Affairs Khel Das Kohistani, and Senators Tahir Khalil Sindhu, Bushra Anjum Butt, Faisal Saleem Rehman, Shahadat Awan, Nasir Butt and Kamran Murtaza attended the ceremony.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/Governor-KP-on-Minorities-in-Isb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/Governor-KP-on-Minorities-in-Isb.jpg","width":1599,"height":1066,"caption":"Governor KP Nationa News"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/minorities-role-in-national-development-is-vital-governor-kp\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Minorities’ Role in National Development Is Vital: Governor KP"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/","name":"Voice of KP English","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/352c74a61d00ac8a47a0e2bf888f9d8a","name":"Webdesk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Logo-V11-135x135.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Logo-V11-135x135.png","caption":"Webdesk"},"url":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/author\/webdesk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49386,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49384\/revisions\/49386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}