EACH year, the International Day for Tolerance arrives as a quiet prompt to reflect on what it means to live together despite our differences. Yet in Pakistan, the word ‘tolerance’ feels worn thin by misuse. It has come to signify little more than the ability to endure one another, when what our time demands is something much deeper: an active embrace of pluralism, of coexistence grounded in equality and respect.
The idea of tolerance is not foreign to our culture. Our land has long been home to faiths, languages, and traditions that existed side by side. The Indus Valley’s ancient diversity, the spiritual egalitarianism of Sufism, and the ethos of shared spaces across centuries all testify th
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