07/06/2026
Differences of faith are not walls — they are windows through which we see the full depth of what it means to be human
In a world too often defined by division, the Centre for Youth Development & Engagement (CYDE), in collaboration with Chanan Development Association, Amn Rang, and Amn Bethak, convened a landmark interfaith dialogue that proved powerfully and beautifully that harmony is not merely an ideal but a lived possibility.
Held at the Royal Taj Serene Hotel, Military Road, Sukkur, the gathering brought together religious scholars, youth leaders, civil society representatives, and community stakeholders from four distinct faith traditions: Hinduism, Christianity, and both Shia and Sunni schools of Islamic thought. Under one roof, voices that are too rarely heard in conversation with one another spoke, listened, and found common ground.
The dialogue was not simply an event it was an act of courage.
In a region where religious identity is often treated as a line of separation, these stakeholders chose instead to treat it as a bridge. Participants shared the values that unite them across traditions: the dignity of every human life, the pursuit of justice, the sanctity of peace, and the shared responsibility we hold toward one another as members of one society.
For the young people present, the impact was perhaps most profound. They witnessed, firsthand, that religious difference need not mean religious distance. That faith, in all its diversity, can be a source of solidarity rather than suspicion. That the future they want to build one of tolerance, mutual respect, and collective flourishing is already possible when courageous people choose to sit together.
CYDE and its partners organised this dialogue with a clear conviction: lasting peace in Sindh and across Pakistan cannot be decreed from above. It must be cultivated from within communities, nurtured through honest conversation, and carried forward by young people who refuse to inherit division.
This gathering was one such act of cultivation. And its seeds, planted in the hearts of everyone present that day, will grow.
