Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that no civilized society will allow the desecration of the holy personages, symbols and the Divine Books in the name of freedom of expression.

In a tweet today, he said the grant of permission to desecrate the Holy Quran, Torah and Bible is part of a sinister, vile and despicable agenda whose sole aim could be to threaten world peace.

The Prime Minister called upon the OIC and the civilized world to come forward and take steps to put an end to such abominable practices as desecration of the Holy Books. The attitudes that incite religious hatred, promote violence and encourage terrorism and militancy need to be checked.

Shehbaz Sharif further said that we should not let a handful of Satanic characters undermine our shared values of peace, tolerance, and pluralism.