3-Day Independence Celebrations at the Alma Mater of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Karachi: Dr. Mujeeb Sahrai, Vice Chancellor of Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) has paid great tribute to the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, who was an alumnus of SMI also and other leaders of the Independence Movement for their successful peaceful struggle for Pakistan.
Addressing at the second day of the 3-Day Independence Celebrations of Pakistan, organised by the Directorate of Students Affairs and Counselling of SMIU on Tuesday at the Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto Auditorium, the Vice Chancellor said young generation of Pakistan must be optimist and value the freedom they are enjoying today. He congratulated the entire nation on the 77th Independence Day of Pakistan.
Dr. Sahrai further said that we have to forget that what has happened in the past, now every individual of the country has to play his/her role to bring peace, harmony, prosperity and development in the country. He further said about 30 years before achieving independence on 14th August 1974, there were more critical and difficult conditions for Muslim leaders when they were struggling for Pakistan without arms under the leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, but they ultimately achieved their independent Country-Pakistan. He said it was a great leadership of the Quaid that he united all Muslims who were divided on the basis of ethnicity, political thoughts and sectarian matters. “Today we have to honour the Quaid’s legacy and ideology and work for the country without any discrimination,” Dr. Sahrai said.
He maintained that today the big problem of the country is its growing population, that must be controlled, because our resources are becoming limited, that could not meet the needs of huge population in the near future.
Dean Dr. Jamshed Adil, Dr. Subhash Babu, Chairman of Department of Social and Development Studies at SMIU, Mr. Muhammad Naeem Ahmed, Director Students Affairs and students Abdul Basit, Sana Ali, Khushi Bai and Abdul Samad delivered speeches and Laiba and Habiba presented national songs.
On the first day of the Independence Celebrations on August 12th, SMIU’s team played Azadi Cricket match with the team of Habib University. On the third day of the celebrations, Wednesday, 14th August, flag hoisting and cake cutting ceremony will be held at SMIU at 8:30 am.