Prime Minister Imran Khan stressed on Thursday the significance of educating the country’s youth about the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), highlighting that it would contribute to instilling ethics in society and curbing sex crimes, which were on a rise in Pakistan.
The prime minister shared these views while addressing a ceremony organised in Islamabad to mark the complete operationalisation of Rehmatul-lil-Aalameen Authority, a body formed last year for research on how best to disseminate lessons from the life of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) among the public.
PM Imran said he felt the need for such a body as he realised that the country’s youth lacked understanding of why Pakistan was created, what was the message of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and why Allah said in Quran that his path should be followed.
“Why following [his] path is so important?” the premier asked rhetorically, adding that no other person had been able to match the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) achievements. “So Allah tells us to follow his path because it is for our own good.”
He recalled that while he was in school, he was never told the significance of following the path of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
“This is one of the biggest problems, this disconnect, that when we teach religion to our children, we fail to tell them what is the purpose of following [the Holy Prophet’s] path,” he regretted.
PM Imran said he believed that “if we bring up our children in the right manner and impart lessons from the life of the Holy Prophet to them, it will elevate this nation”.
Moreover, he said, he felt the need to form a body like the Rehmatul-lil-Aalameen Authority as he realised after assuming office that “there are things that the government [alone] cannot improve”.
He added that he also realised that corruption had been made acceptable in this society.
