Speakers at the meeting of Hamdard Naunehal Assembly Karachi chapter paid rich tribute to Hakim Mohammed Said and said that he was a torch bearer of education and knowledge in the country.
The meeting comprised speeches, tableau and Dua-e-Said, was held yesterday on the theme: "Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said's educational services and 25 years of Hamdard University" at Bait al-Hikmah auditorium, Madinat-al-Hikmah, Karachi.
Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest, honorary secretary Board of Sindh Madrastul Islam University Shafiqur Rehman Piracha said that Hakim Mohammed Said came to Pakistan like the pray (poem) of Allama Iqbal: "May my life be like the candle of knowledge" and holding a torch of education and knowledge in his hand he started to fight against the glooms of poverty, ignorance and social injustices and raised voice against mismanagement and corruption of rulers.
He said Hakim Said promoted the spirit of patriotism 'Pakistaniat' and dedicated the earning of his institution to the health, education and welfare of the nation. He was a big supporter of women empowerment as he gave equal representation to girls along with boys in his 'Naunehal Assembly, because he wanted to create a new, modern and Islamic society in the country.
Commending the speeches of young speakers, he told the children: 'whatever lying in the grave of Hakim Said is his hardware, his software are you, his ideas and teaching. At the time of departure from the world, Hakim Said would have certainly said and his words may still be in the air: "I awake and make you awake, now I am going, you should wake and awake the world."
Earlier, addressing the meeting Sadia Rashid, President, Hamdard Foundation Pakistan said, "Taking education is incumbent on Muslim man and woman" as ordained by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and in the presence of this command negligence of education on the part of governments was beyond comprehension.
She said that the "Talimi Report", compiled by Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said, was a leading document that should be taken into account for framing the syllabus and system of education and be made part of educational planning.-PR
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