Pakistan, Aug. 12 -- Prime Minister, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said Pakistan's minority communities had played a significant and commendable role in the creation, development and progress of the country.

Addressing a ceremony held in connection with Minorities Day here at the Prime Minister's House, observed on August 11, the prime minister said members of minority communities had rendered valuable services in various fields, particularly education, defence, law and public service.

He said the Christian community had made tremendous contributions to the education sector, recalling that he himself had studied at Cathedral School, while his elder brother Nawaz Sharif was educated at St. Anthony's and his sister at the Convent of ...