Here’s to a dreamer!: Tribute paid to Martin Luther King Jr

'Dr King like people become an asset to the entire humanity,' says Advocate Ahmed G Abro.

Activists paid tribute to the American civil rights leader at an event held here Tuesday to mark his birthday anniversary that fell on Wednesday last, said a press release.  

The event was organised by Pakistan Intellectual Forum (PIF).

Martin Luther King Jr was born on January 15, 1929.

Advocate Ahmed G. Abro said, “Dr King like people become an asset to the entire humanity and they are always remembered by people for their selfless service and commitment to equality for all.”

It is a tribute to a great man whose pursuit of equality and justice helped shape a vision of America as a country where all people could live and work together irrespective of color, creed or religion, he said.

“We must follow in his footprint and strive for equality and justice as enshrined in the Constitution of Pakistan to make this country tears and terror-free and worth living for our next generations.”

PIF Chairman Hashim Abro said “Dr King’s greatest legacy was his conviction that justice for the Black people could not be achieved in a vacuum but rather that all Americans must live free from oppression in order to guarantee freedom for all.”

“The most befitting tribute we can pay to this iconic figure on his birthday is to commit ourselves to the principles of social justice for which he gave his life,” he said.

A participant suggested that the US embassy may establish a King’s Center at all the public sector universities and get literature on his life and legacy translated into different Pakistani languages so that the youth could know about his vision and struggle.

A number of human rights activists, students of law and political science, writers and researchers attended the event.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 22^nd, 2014.