ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been advocating for an international framework against hate speech and supporting a balanced approach between fundamental freedoms and responsibilities, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said Saturday in marking the International Day for Countering Hate Speech.

"This day is an important occasion to renew global solidarity for combating hate speech which is the prime catalyst for hatred, interreligious discord, discrimination, incitement to violence and acts of violence against people and communities," the ministry said in a statement.

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