Rich tributes paid to Quaid on 74th death anniversary

PM Shehbaz stressed the need for the nation to emulate Quaid’s “everlasting principles of faith, unity, discipline”

ISLAMABAD:

President Dr Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as well as other political leaders, and people from all walks of life paid rich tributes to Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on the occasion of his 74th death anniversary on Sunday.

President Alvi and Prime Minister Shehbaz paid tributes to the Quaid for his vision, unwavering commitment, untiring hard work and charismatic leadership to win a separate homeland for the Muslims of the Subcontinent.

“On this day, we also remember Quaid for his struggle, for giving us a country, and pledge to focus on his advice for infusing unity, faith and discipline in our rank and file,” Alvi said in a message on the Quaid’s death anniversary.

“We, as a nation, once again pledge to follow the golden principles … advised by our beloved Quaid-e-Azam to make Pakistan an ideal Islamic welfare state where the Islamic principles of equality, freedom, justice and democracy are to be upheld,” he added.

Alvi, on the occasion, expressed solidarity with the victims of global warming-induced super floods across Pakistan and pledged to commit “our resources and efforts” until their complete rehabilitation.

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Prime Minister Shehbaz, in a series of tweets, also stressed the need for the nation to emulate Quaid-i-Azam’s “everlasting principles of faith, unity and discipline” to face the current challenges facing the country.

The prime minister expressed the confidence that the country would achieve discipline that would not only lead the nation to overcome financial and post-flood challenges but also help them achieve the destination of Quaid’s great Pakistan.

“The country gripped with financial difficulties is also braving the natural calamity in the form of floods,” he said. “The path may be filled with difficulties, but the road to the destination is not impossible,” he added.

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the best way to pay homage to Quaid-i-Azam was to continue the struggle to make Pakistan a state “where democracy is strong, and the Constitution and parliament are supreme”.

(With input from APP)