Varsity graduates urged to promote harmony
Among the graduating students there were nine PhDs, two Mphil and 16 gold medallists. PHOTO: FILE
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has urged the university students to promote harmony in society.
Speaking to Pakistani alumni from Hungarian universities in Islamabad on Friday, the minister emphasised that prejudice was the death of humanity. “You have every right to have your point of view but do remember that rationality should not be lost during arguments. We must also know that interpretation of reality is different for each one of us.”
He appreciated Pakistani students, who have completed their studies from Hungarian universities under Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship, and urged them to put into practice whatever they have learned in their respective fields. “You are a privileged group of students who have been educated abroad,” the minister said.
He said that the flood disaster has put a great burden on the administrative and financial resources of the country but only the way out for the nation was to fight it out together.
HEC Executive Director Dr Shaista Sohail appreciated the support of the Hungarian government for facilitating the Pakistani students. She said that the scholarship programme was a long-term investment in the relations between Pakistan and Hungary.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 24th, 2022.