Hashim Abro of the PIF said “history is witness to the fact that it is only intellectuals who change the future of a nation and Pakistan today is in need of intellectuals to overcome the challenges facing it.” PHOTO: FILE
Writers and educationists Friday urged the government to groom the younger generation in a way that they emerge as tolerant citizens, said a press release.
They were speaking at a discussion on “Intellectual development of children and youth of Pakistan: The way forward”, organised by Pakistan Intellectual Forum (PIF) here on Friday. Educationist and poet Muhammad Saleh Channo said the government should establish centres for promotion of book reading and cultural and artistic training of children and youth.
Hashim Abro of the PIF said “history is witness to the fact that it is only intellectuals who change the future of a nation and Pakistan today is in need of intellectuals to overcome the challenges facing it.”
Professor Ali Sabri said “National Book Foundation should reach out to the children in rural areas through mobile and postal libraries.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 24th, 2014.
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