Paying tribute: ‘Pakistan should adhere to teachings of its scholars’

Aitzaz addresses gathering in Mirpur, emphasises the need for ‘wise use’ of ballot.

MIRPUR:

Pakistan can emerge as a successful nation by strictly adhering to the teachings of its scholars, Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association former president Aitzaz Ahsan said on Saturday.

Ahsan was speaking at the 10th annual Mian Muhammad Buksh (RA) conference organised by the Mian Muhammad Buksh Society to pay tribute to the mystic poet/ scholar for his contributions to the nation.

Eminent Ulema and other religious scholars presented his famous poetic anthology Saif-al-Malook on the occasion.

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Supreme Court Chief Justice Muhammad Azam Khan chaired the event. Pilgrims, including admirers of the poet from various parts of the country were in attendance.

By acting upon the teachings of Islam and following in the footsteps of great preachers, supporters and custodians of human values based on equality, Ahsan said “we will have to prove ourselves as true Muslims”.

Referring to the ongoing political situation in the country, Ahsan emphasised on the “wise use” of ballot in order to be ensure a change in the country’s political system, adding, “Otherwise the idea of bringing change could prove futile.”

He emphasised on the need to establish tolerance within the society.

Aitzaz said he had a “deep-rooted, heart-felt affiliation” with Kashmir. He pointed out that his mother and paternal grandfather had sworn in 1948 that neither would don silk clothes nor wear jewelry unless the state of Jammu and Kashmir was liberated.

Ahsan paid rich tributes to the legal fraternity of AJK for their enthusiastic support for the lawyers’ movement in Pakistan which he said had led to the restoration of the judiciary and had rid the country off the long dictatorial rule of former president Pervez Musharraf.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 4^th, 2011.