ISLAMABAD: The nation is celebrating the 145 birth anniversary of the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah today with traditional zeal and fervour.
The day dawned with special prayers for the security, progress and prosperity of the country. Special events will be arranged on the day to highlight and promote ideas and views of Quaid-e-Azam.
Various activities will be held in government and private organizations to highlight Quaid-e-Azam’s lifelong political struggle and his guiding principles of unity, faith and discipline. Quran Khawani would be held at the Mazar-e-Quaid in Karachi while change of guard’s ceremony would also take place.
In their separate messages paying tribute to Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the president and the prime minister have urged the nation to follow the footsteps of great Quaid in all walks of life and make Pakistan a strong and prosperous country.
In his message, President Dr Arif Alvi said we should reaffirm our commitment to building a state that respects the diversity of its people and provides equal opportunities to its citizens irrespective of their religion, caste, creed or colour.
“As we celebrate the 144th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, we pay him a rich tribute for his role in the creation of a separate homeland for the Muslims of the sub-continent. We pledge to follow his ideals to make Pakistan a strong and prosperous country,” said the president.
He said on this day, we must also remember the people of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, who are being subjected to the worst kind of state-terrorism for over seven decades.
Prime Minister Imran Khan in his message said Quaid-e-Azam had a vision for the Muslims of the subcontinent which got translated in the shape of Pakistan. Therefore, there is no other pleasure more real to us as a nation than the commemoration of his birthday.
He said that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had a firm faith in God and His Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) which guided him through a long journey comprising of ordeals, deceptions and dejections but culminating in grandeur, décor and eternity.
“He is a role model not merely for us but for Muslims of whole world because of the universal vision he instilled in the creation of Pakistan. With the adorable actions which spoke louder than words, he became an actual prototype of honesty and righteousness. “
“We trace not a single discourse by our beloved Quaid on the innumerable sacrifices he made for the cause of his nascent nation rather it is only through his actions that we learn of all those grieving losses he personally went through.
The prime minister urged to pay a befitting homage to our great Quaid by following his footsteps in all walks of our lives and live the Quaid’s ideals of Unity, Faith and Discipline with a renewed national spirit so that we make this country rise above all seen and unseen challenges.
