More than 40 short films were screened on the first day of the three-day Asia Peace Film Festival at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Monday.
Each of the five sessions on the first day included six to seven films and discussion sessions at the end.
The festival aims at supporting the common vision of Asia on the situation of human rights and other challenges being faced by the 60pc of the total global population. The festival features over 100 films from China, Korea, Bosnia, Turkey, Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Iran, India, Nepal, Iraq and Malaysia.
Federal Minister for Interior, Narcotics Control, Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal was the chief guest at the inauguration of the festival.
Speaking on the occasion, the minister said peace was the basic element for the GDP growth.
The world cannot have stable development until the Asian countries have their contribution in the global economy. So peace in the Asian countries is vital for the global sustainability, he added.