Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that he appeals to the wide cross-section of the society including students, teachers, doctors, politicians, generals and the judges to sit together to lay the foundations of a new Pakistan.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of Punjab Tianjin University of Technology (PTUT) from London through video link on Friday the Chief Minister said that all the institutions in Pakistan should work together by setting aside personal prejudices for making the country great and strong as there is no other way of development and prosperity. He said parliament is respectable. He also said that there is a respected judiciary and the most respectable Supreme Court of Pakistan which has the right to interpret the constitution.
He said Armed forces of Pakistan are working for the national defense and their services for the elimination of terrorism are unforgettable.
Chief Minister said that we believe in practical work instead of emotional speeches, adding that samples of practical works are scattered across the province. PTUT, PKLI and hundreds of such institutions are serving the masses. He said that more than 60% of 22 crore population consists of the youth who needs technology based education to improve their future. He thanked the Chinese government, Tianjin University syndicate, educational experts of Punjab and his team members who worked hard for setting up of PTUT in a short span of few months.
He said that today is important from many aspects; 23rd March is celebrated fervently in Pakistan every year. Muslims of subcontinents gathered at Minto Park 77 years ago and vowed to get a separate homeland under the leadership of Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Muslims from different walks of life gathered at the place of Minar-e-Pakistan under the leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and launched a historical struggle for a separate homeland. Today is important from another aspect as we have achieved yet another milestone after 77 years with the inauguration of PTUT.
It is the pioneering, technical and skills based university where students from across the country will be admitted in graduate and technology courses. He said that Muslims decided to set up a separate homeland 77 years ago to get political and economic independence from the Hindus so that everyone could have equal rights and all the people could enjoy same opportunities to excel in life and they may not succumb to the rule of might is right. But there should be supremacy of law and justice so that every citizen could play its role in national development and get a respectable position in the society with its hard work.
Chinese Consul General in Lahore Long Dingbin, Acting VC Dr Fazal Ahmad and Project Director Mufti Hashim addressed the meeting. Provincial Ministers Sheikh Alauddin and Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan, Chairman PITB Dr Umar Saif, Chief Secretary, provincial secretaries and heads of Chinese institutions attended the meeting. Later, visitors were given shields and souvenirs.
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