The Pakistan Day was celebrated with national zeal & zest at Cadet College Petaro (CCP) on Thursday to commemorate the adoption of the Lahore Resolution which was passed on March 23, 1940. Presided over by the college Principal Commodore Mehboob Ellahi Malik SI (M), Sindh University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat participated at the ceremony as chief guest.
The cadets presented tableau, national songs and made speeches in accordance with the day. The performances of the cadets compelled the audience to give big hands to them. The national anthem was played in the hall amid pin-drop silence of the cadets. Addressing the participants, the SU vice chancellor Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat said that they all had gathered to celebrate Pakistan Day in commemoration of the adoption of the Pakistan Resolution on March 23, 1940, in Lahore.
"It also celebrates the adoption of the first constitution of Pakistan in 1958, on the same day, during the transition of the Dominion of Pakistan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,' he said. Talking about the role of ordinary Pakistan citizens in maintaining peace and order and supporting the economic progress of the country, he said Pakistan was a blessing for the nation and everybody will have to play his or her role to bring it to the path of progress and development.
He maintained that there was no such bar for anyone becoming a citizen of Pakistan adding that in all those five countries which came into being in the name of religion, it was quite difficult to get citizenship so easily as that in this country. "No state came into being like Pakistan whose one part was a thousand miles apart from another and still survived for 24 years," he said and added that some of them were reflected in the multiple elements of Pakistan's national identity.
He said, "It's the emotional sentiment and the mental commitment to being a part of the Pakistani national identity. Yet, unlike historical national identities, Pakistani identity is of extremely recent origins and comparatively an infant identity." "Involving students in highlighting the contributions of national heroes and significance of national days through artistic programmes gives them opportunity to understand the history and ideologies behind such events in its true perspective," the vice chancellor said.
Highlighting the importance of an independence country for Muslims like Pakistan, he said that the Muslims of India could not freely offer the prayers and sacrifice on Eid-ul-Azha even today because of extremist behaviour of Hindus who were aggressive and intolerant against the Muslim community.
Although, he said Bangladesh got independence from Pakistan, yet the Bangalis were uneasy to survive without Pakistan. "We got freedom, but we are not safe. We don't have atomic bombs for which we are always worried about our countries security. Earlier, the cadets spoke about how they viewed Jinnah as a father of the nation. They also paid tribute to the struggles of Quaid-e-Azam and highlighted his vision for the nation along with sacrifices of freedom fighters and shed light on the struggles in context with Lahore resolution.
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