ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday, congratulating the nation on the country Independence Day, urged the people particularly the youth to support the government in its efforts to make the nation, stable, prosperous, and peaceful.
The PM said the youth were the bright future of the nation who could play their significant role in the country’s development and progress.
“The next few years are very crucial for you and the nation, so only focus on your studies and attaining skilled-based education, and do not indulge yourself in the negative agenda of the enemy who is out to target youth and utilize your capabilities and skills in anti-state activities,” the Prime Minister asked the youth while addressing a ceremony held here in connection with the Independence Day celebrations.
Unfortunately, the Prime Minister said the enemy was now utilizing digital terrorism tools in order to sabotage the nation’s development journey.
On the occasion of the Independence Day, Shehbaz Sharif extended his heartfelt felicitations to the people of Pakistan and also paid homage to the immense sacrifices of forefathers and countless unsung heroes of the Pakistan Movement, who fought tirelessly for an independent state for millions in sub-continent, where they could live as per their beliefs and values.
As envisioned by Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistan emerged as an independent and sovereign nation on the map of the world on 14th August 1947 via the unwavering and steadfast leadership of Quaid-e-Azam and unmatched sacrifices of our ancestors, he said.
He also highlighted that although during the past 77 years, the nation’s journey had not been exemplary but it was also the fact that it also managed to survive due to the resilience, its people had shown through natural catastrophes, social and economic challenges.
On the occasion, the PM also paid rich tribute to the people belonging to various fields including education, sports, and health. He also saluted Olympic hero Arshad Nadeem who recently won a gold medal for Pakistan in Paris Olympics and was also present in the ceremony along with his mother.
The PM, on the occasion, also denounced the current Israeli barbarism on the Palestinians saying that the “massacre of thousands of innocent Palestinian people has diminished our pleasures on the occasion of Independence Day”.
Similarly, he expressed the government’s determination to stand by the Kashmiri sisters and brothers until the resolution of the issue according to the will of the people of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K).
