Staff Reporter
Week long activities to mark the 144th birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah started here on Sunday at Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL).
Addressing to the inaugural ceremony here on Sunday, the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Federal Education and Professional Training Wajiha Akram said our Quaid laid enormous sacrifices for achieving most desired goal of separate homeland.
She said, “through Quaid’s vision and principles we can build a healthy nation”. She added that Quaid-e-Azam has given us separate homeland with countless efforts so its our duty to protect our country.
She added that our young generation has talent and potential to make Pakistan a developed country, adding that government is working hard to make country economy stable and sound.
She said our new generation would make Pakistan more prosperous and progressive, adding Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to name December as month of Quaid-e-Azam.
She appreciated PAL’s efforts for celebrations of Quaid’s day and arranging book fair, children’s programmes, dialogues and workshops on Quaid’s life.
Secretary National History and Heritage Dr Nadeem Shafique Malik on the occasion said that they could not even pay back a little efforts for Quaid-e-Azam’s long struggle.
He said there are thousand volumes regarding Quaid-e-Azam’s life but only 19 have been published.
He said there is dire need to work on Quaid-e-Azam’s paper project, adding that they were working on it and would complete it soon.
