NPT celebrates Quaid-i-Azam’s birth anniversary

Speakers pay tribute to Jinnah for liberating Muslims of the sub-continent from subjugation of British rulers

LAHORE: Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust (NPT) marked the 141st birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah separately at Aiwan-i-Karkunan-i-Tehreek-i-Pakistan (AKTP) Shahrah Quaid-i-Azam and Aiwan Quaid-i-Azam Johar Town, on Monday.

Speakers paid tributes to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah for liberating the Muslims of the sub-continent from the subjugation of British and Hindu rulers. They also vowed to continue with developing Pakistan in line with his teachings.



In his written message read-out at the ceremony, NPT Chairman and former president of Pakistan Muhammad Rafique Tarar congratulated the participants on celebrating the birthday of Quaid, saying that Pakistanis should follow his principles in taking Pakistan forward. Begum Majeeda Wyne said that Pakistan has yet to achieve the level as desired by Quaid-e-Azam. She, however, hoped that Pakistan would soon be turned into a true vision of Quaid. She urged the participants to serve Pakistan in the light of the teachings of Quaid-e-Azam.

Justice (Retd) Khalilur Rehman Khan said that the stability of Pakistan lied in true following of the Pakistani ideology. Mian Farooq Altaf stressed the participants to follow the sayings of Quaid in order to take Pakistan to new height of development and growth.



Muhammad Akram Chaudhry said that every citizen should hold self-accountability to assess how much they were acting upon his teachings. Shahid Rasheed said that Quaid worked hard for the Muslims of the sub-continent.

He said that NPT had organised series of programmes at both places to highlight works of Quaid-i-Azam. The participants also joined Begum Majeeda Wyne in the cake cutting ceremony.

Meanwhile, Justice (retd) MianMahboob Ahmed addressed another gathering at Aiwan-i-Karkunan-i-Tehreek-i-Pakistan and spoke at length about the towering personality and hard work of Quaid.

NPT Vice Chairman Prof Dr Rafique Ahmed shared with the audience about his repeated meetings with Quaid-i-Azam during Pakistan Movement.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 26^th, 2017.