ISLAMABAD: A student interactive session was organised at the department of Defence and Strategic Studies (DSS) at Quaid-i-Azam University on Thursday, a statement said.

Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi, a prominent social mobility activist, recipient of Nelson Mandela Award, was the guest speaker, while Department of DSS Chairperson Dr Shabana Fayyaz moderated the session.

Zaidi spoke on the traits of tolerance, cohabitation and pluralism in a society that is divisive, and outlined as to how effective evolution can take place by respecting the rights and opinions of everyone.

He highlighted the origin of the concept of human coordination despite differences to the core, and how mankind learnt to live in a society that was full of problems and remorse.

Pakistan has come a long way and has emerged as a nation-state, and the resilience of the people have a lot to do with it, he said.

Zaidi touched upon the fine nerves of social divide, ethnic upheavals and sectarian disgust and sense of otherness in the society, and as to how effectively the people of Pakistan as a nation have carved out elements of compassion, brotherhood by upholding the sense of nationalism.

It was stressed that the common denominator of the society should navigate around cooperation and building a culture of understanding others.

However, he pointed out that resources to justice and seeking remedy from the state and authorities in case of transgression of powers and injustice can be a valve to evolve pluralism, and this is where a true and tolerant community system can be developed.

Quoting frequently from scholars and books as well as religious citations, Zaidi observed that Pakistanis have coexisted and cooperated in dire straits and that the nation today is better than what it was in the guise of abject terrorism a decade ago.

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