Seminar in connection with Quaid's birth anniversary held

A special seminar was held under the banner of Faisalabad Citizen Forum in connection with the Quaid Day. Social Scientist and worker of Tehreek-e-Pakistan Movement Chaudhry Muhammad Saleem was the chief guest on the occasion. Speaking to the audience of seminar he said that the Quaid-e-Azam taught us not to compromise on principles. He said that we had put this great lesson at the backburner, which has resulted into our decline as a nation.
He said that Muhammad Ali Jinnah became Quaid-e-Azam because he dedicated his time, energies and even his life to the cause of the attainment of a separate homeland for the Muslims. He said that the Quaid was an incarnation of sacrifices and did not have any personal axe to grind. He said that Pakistan could become a developed nation, if we preferred national interests to the parochial ones. He said that the Quaid-e-Azam was a man of strong willpower. He took it upon himself to liberate the millions of Muslims from the clutches of the Hindus and the ruling British and chronicled a glorious chapter of dedication, sacrifice and selflessness to the annals of history. He said our thanks stand for his untiring efforts and a dedicated leadership through which Pakistan became a reality.
Hamid Sultan Dawoodi Convener FCF said that Islam gave the Muslims of India a sense of identity; dynasties like the Mughals gave them territory; poets like Allama Iqbal gave them a sense of destiny. Jinnah's towering stature derives from the fact that, by leading the Pakistan movement and creating the state of Pakistan, he gave them all three. He said for the Pakistanis he is simply the Quaid-e-Azam or the Great Leader whatever their political affiliation, they believe there is no one quite like him.
He said ever since the great country of Pakistan was formed, it has been going through its ideological and identity crisis. The Quaid was unequivocally clear about his vision. Hamid said Quaid-e-Azam saw a land which was for the Muslims, yet a land which followed the great tradition of Muslims living in harmony with their non-Muslim brethren. He said regretfully social Pakistan is just a dream now as the people of Pakistan are still unclear about whom they are and what their destiny should be are they the secular and democratic country that M. A. Jinnah envisioned or a Pan Islamic citadel.