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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is Celebrating its national day every year on 23rd September This auspicious day commemorates the historic event when the late King Abdul Aziz Unified the scattered parts of Arabia, by the grace of Allah and by his sincere devotion managed to overcome all the difficulties and challenges faced by him to bring into existence this great edifice to mark the birth of the new state in the Arabian peninsula which is the land of revelation and home of the eternal Islamic message.
The late King Abdul Aziz laid down the foundation stone for the structure of the modern state. The torch of progress lit by the great founder was picked up by his devoted sons namely King Saud, King Faisal, King Khalid and King Fahad.
All of them contributed a lot in the March of building and development, this continued until the torch was handed over to the present king the custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz and his trusted crown prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz who spared no effort to enhance the development of their country.
The National Day of this year, coincides with the completion of two years of rule by the custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz.
By the Grace of Allah and by his effort and sincere services King Abdullah has led the country to progress and prosperity within this period of two years the country has witnessed a shining example of progress and developments in every field of life, this is a clear manifestation of that which custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz has come to achieve. There is further progress and development in the field of industry agriculture, education, health as well as social and economic progress with the intention to achieve further prosperity for the Saudi people, who have time and again expressed their love and affection for their King.
The government led by the custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz has announced that the seven five years development plans have been implemented successfully. These have aimed at developing human resources promoting Islamic ideology, backing production sectors, such as agriculture, industry and mineral to encourage private sectors to take part in the economic development as a result of this several giant projects have been completed which are reflected in the development of cities, villages, expansion of roads, bridges, tunnels and setting up the new projects for water desalination.
The custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz being convinced that education lies at the root of all progress and development in every aspect of life has ordered the establishment of many more engineering, Medical, computer colleges and universities as a result of these orders the number of universities in the Kingdom has risen from 8 to 20 universities.
Further more the eight five years development plan had been approved by the government led by custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, to follow free economic policies, adopted by the government within the frame work of Islamic principle.
It lays emphasis on the development of Saudi Nationals on the ground that every citizen is the center of the development, as well as it concentrates on the training of more manpower to enhance the production capacity. This is special obligation of the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is graced with the service of the two Holy Mosques to host and serve the guest of Allah in the Holy Land.
The custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz has attached special attention in the development of the two holy cites, at the back drop of this fact he has ordered further expansion in the prophet's mosques to complete the remaining parts of the construction as well as to establish the bridge of Almina to facilitate further for the pilgrims of Hajj and Umra to perform their rituals and obligation in easy and smooth manner, and to build other necessary construction in the Holy Land.
On this occasion I would like to renew my full confidence that the cordial and historical relation as exist between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan will strengthen and grow deeper and deeper due to special attention. The leadership of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan attaches to this relations which based on fraternity, common faith and historical linkage.
Finally, I would like to avail this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude for Pakistani brothers and friends for their participation in our National Day celebration. And for their best wishes for prosperity and progress of our country under the wise leadership of King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz and his trusted crown prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2007

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