Trade Chronicle Sep-Oct 2015

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A function in the memory of
Shaheed-i-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan
and Shaheed-i-Pakistan Hakim
Mohammed Said, comprised
recitation of verses from Holy Qura’n,
na’at, speeches, poetic homage,
analogy (From dream to realization),
drama (Depicting life and services of
Hakim Said) and dua-i-Said, was held
at a local hotel, in which speakers
paid rich tribute to Liaquat Ali Khan
and Hakim Mohammed Said for
their sacrifices and services to the
nation.
Speaking on the occasion, chief guest
and former Commissioner of Karachi,
and Ex-Registrar, Sindh High Court,
Shafique Piracha said that the dual
systems of education prevailing in the
country, one for elite and the other
for non-elite and under-privileged
classes, were causing further division
in the nation whereas Pakistan was
made to minimize gap between the
rich and the poor as Liaquat Ali Khan,
when he was the finance minister in
the interim government of India
before partition, tabled his famous
‘poor man budget’ first time in the
history of India. When Taj Mahal
was being built in India by emperor
Shah Jehan, at the same time Oxford
University was being built in England,
he said adding: ‘Progress and
greatness are achieved by setting up
the educational institutions and not
constructing the buildings.’
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan founded
Aligarh College which afterwards
became Aligarh Muslim University
from where Quaid-i-Azam took the
inspiration and Liaquat Ali Khan got
education. Hakim Said even built a
city of education, science and culture
– Madinat al-Hikmah, where schools,
Rich tribute paid to Liaquat Ali Khan
and Hakim Said
Chief guest and former Commissioner of Karachi, and Ex-Registrar, Sindh High
Court, Shafique Pirach, Mrs. Sadia Rashid, President, Hamdard Foundation
Pakistan and Naunehal Speakers addressing the Hamdard Naunehal Assembly
in the memory of Shaheed-i-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan and Shaheed-i-Pakistan
Hakim Mohammed Said, comprising recitation of verses from Holy Qura’n, na’at,
speeches, poetic homage, analogy (From dream to realization), drama (Depicting
life and services of Hakim Said) and dua-i-Said held at a local hotel, Karachi.
colleges and Hamdard University
were running, for the promotion of
education and modern knowledge in
the country, he said, adding: ‘It is quite
amazing how a single man, Hakim
Said touched to the every aspects of
life as he was a physician, a herbalist,
a writer, traveler and reformer, who
loved the children, patients and
suffering humanity, he added. He said
there was a common factor between
the personalities of Liaquat Ali Khan
and Hakim Mohammed Said that both
lived for the nation and died for it.
Commending the speeches, made by
the child speakers, he said until the
young and talented speakers like
Noor Bibi would continue to attend
the Naunehal Assembly and
depressed patients would continue to
go to hospitals Hakim Said would be
present in this assembly and hospitals
to encourage and help them as those
people who gave value to life would
never die. Hakim Said doesn’t need
us we need Hakim Said. It is,
therefore, pertinent that a very big
session in his memory should be held
to recall his services and
achievements, he concluded.
Mrs. Sadia Rashid, President, Hamdard
Foundation Pakistan, while addressing
the gathering of children said that the
month of October has brought in the
memories of two great Pakistanis,
Liaquat Ali Khan and Hakim Said as
in this month we were deprived of one
of great national leaders and the other
a social reformer, who spent his entire
life in service to the nation and always
spoke truth even in peril of his life for
the sake of his homeland.
Hakim Said loved the children very
much and made their education and
training a mission of his life. He didn’t
forget the village children and
established Hamdard Village School
for their free education at Madinat al-
Hikmah, she said and added that
Hakim Said had left many great
examples and paradigms, if followed
we could touch the heights of progress
and developments. Child speakers,
Hafiza Urooba Fatima, Ubaidur
Rehman, Noor Bibi, Umaima Iqbal,
Nabiha Qamar, Hira Bano, Aqsa Zeb
and Aena Asim also spoke. Maryam
Akbar compered the function, in which
teachers, students, parents and
children participated in a large number.
Trade Chronicle - September - October 2015 - Page # 09