Governor says weak Pakistan amounts to damaging cause of Islam
PESHAWAR
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The NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has said that to weaken Pakistan and damage it would tantamount to weakening and
damaging the cause of Islam. Therefore, he added, the actions, which undermine the strength of the state of Pakistan served
no other purpose but to strengthen its enemies. This, he stated in a message of felicitation on the eve of Independence
Day. The complete text of the message of the Governor is given below:
“Today we are celebrating the 61st anniversary of the creation of Pakistan. While the day is an occasion of celebration, it
is also a time when the nation must soberly contemplate the challenges that it is facing.
While other countries are founded on racial, geographical or historical nationalisms, Pakistan is the only Muslim country
whose nationalism is based on Islamic ideology. Whatever the shortcomings in its governmental systems; individual practices
fully follow the same spirit.
Islam is still its raison detre, its unifying force and above all the ideology to live and die for. Secondly, Pakistan is
the only Muslim nuclear power, with a vibrant civil society and a disciplined army.
While these two unique factors endows great strength and resilience to our country and society, these two factors make it
an eyesore in the eyes of its opponents and enemies who are out to miss no chance of inflicting harm upon it. The weapons
in the hands of our enemies are our own internal dissensions, sectarian strife and violence in our society. Today they are
exploiting these weaknesses to the tilt.
We must comprehend the state of affairs within our society and around us and its debilitating effects on our country. It
presents an opportunity to our enemies to do us irredeemable damage.
This year’s Independence Day demands the highest degree of consciousness from us. We must rise above our personal interests
and internal dissensions to make this country an impregnable fortress of Islam where we can fulfill the dream of our
predecessors who had so selflessly striven to gain independence from an alien ideology and culture. My message to all
Muslims is that to weaken Pakistan and damage it is tantamount to weakening and damaging the cause of Islam.
Freedom, my dear countrymen, lies within the body, mind, heart and soul of every citizen. We need to realize our power and
mobilize our energies to change the destiny of the country. It is never too late, and only takes a few committed people to
lead the rest on the road to freedom and development.
History provides us ample examples to draw our future course of action.
All we need as a nation is, as Quaid-e-Azam had repeatedly said, depends on three simple concepts: Faith, Unity and
Discipline.”
