Writ Petition No.67129/2020 7. (7) This is quite a sensitive issue and the referred material clearly discloses that visible intent behind such posts was to hurt the feelings of Muslims all over the world and we also have the history that whenever such unholy attempts were made, it worked as an explosion for the whole of our society. This Court would remind the state agencies of preamble of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 which provides that the principles of democracy, freedom, equality, tolerance and social justice, as enunciated by Islam, shall be fully observed; the Muslims shall be enabled to order their lives in the individual and collective spheres in accordance with the teachings and requirements of Islam as set down in the Holy Quran and Sunnah, protection shall be provided to the fundamental rights, including equality of status, of opportunity and before law, social, economic and political justice, and freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith, worship and association, subject to law and public morality. 8. Preamble of our Constitution straightway discloses that the rights of every community have been delicately balanced and freedom of speech/expression and information is also hallmark of our Constitution, but the term “right of expression” cannot be stretched to such an extent that it be used as a tool to defy the religious thoughts or sacred personalities of one’s religion. This Court is of the clear view that under the umbrella of “freedom of speech and information” not only the Muslim community, in fact the followers of all the religions have been made to suffer immensely. 9. There can be no second opinion that advancement and use of technology has brought whole of the universe into one global village while social

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