PESHAWAR: Speakers at a one-day seminar on Friday called upon the state institutions to work in synergy with media to uphold the principles enshrined in the Constitution.They expressed these views at the seminar organized by the Federal Ministry of Human Rights regional office at the University of Peshawar (UoP). They called upon the stakeholders to be tolerant of freedom of expression and speech. Sharing his thoughts, Director Human Rights Ghulam Ali said that human rights office was offering his services to promote the cause of sanctity of human rights in the country by fortnightly compiling reports throughout the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.He said that Pakistan has ratified four out of seven conventions on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Nadeem Azam, faculty member Khyber Law College, said that the modern era saw the emergence of international institutions to safeguard human dignity and ensure equality after World War-I and World War-II.He emphasized that the Geneva Conventions and associated protocols I and II had revolutionized setting up of international bodies for penalizing individuals and criminal states. Dr Faizullah Jan, Chairman of the Journalism and Mass Communication Department, speaking on the status of freedom of speech and expression in the country, called upon institutions to imbibe free market of ideas that may be good or bad based on consumer choices.
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