Prime minister's speech on 1-Day-The Frontier Post [Archive] By Waqar Hussain

 

                     Prime minister's speech on 1-Day

 The 14th August is a red letter day in the history of Pakistan. On that day, 4M years ago, Pakistan emerged as a nation on the world map The independence day of Pakistan is celebrated with great zeal and zest. The day is marked with various events and ceremonies. The newspaper, magazine and Journals publish special supplements to commemorate the day The electronic media relay vanety of programmers to have a spree of Independence day. On the eve of the 14th August, special ceremony is conducted in Islamabad in which national flag is hoisted , nut al anthem is displayed, the Quran and the Na at is recited, the president or the premier delivers message to the nation and finally children sing national songs in chorus This year I was astonished to ICC the arrangement made on I he 14th August for the opening event as the number of scats were lying vacant indicating that invitees have not bothered to panic  lc in the prestigious national day's opening ceremony. Furthermore, the people who were present on the occasion were perspiratutg and pulsating. They were struggling to relieve themselves from berst. Reluctantly, they were paying little attention to the pro-. Thaw are minor proleterwe which can b rectified by adopting suitable measures i s the progrentine can be held under

at/Wit:4i place, proper fanning can also be helpful or time of ceremony can be fixed a bit earlier etc President is the head of state. fie should have presided the meeting instead of prime minister. "pm speech of PSI VW:if impressive and according to the occaston ab initio. She discussed the struggle movement and evoked the patriotic spirit of nation Suddenly she deviated Iron the right path and started disc-liming political differ-cotes, and mentioning the achievements made by her party in last decades. It seemed as if she was addressing to her party workers Instead of nation. This part of speech was objectionable as the programmed was telecast live to about No countries. During her speech she mentioned that their differences with Ayub Khan started on Tashkent Declaration in 1965. She should have known that Tashkent Declaration was signed in January 1966. It is an imponzint date in the history of Pakistan. One expect from prime minister to know such dates. Furthermore, she was experiencing great difficulty in speaking Urdu and was mispronouncing even common Urdu words and was committing fundamental grammatical mistakes. It looks awful when her party takes credit of formulating 1973 Constitution in which it is clearly stated that in 1988 Urdu will be completely imposed. On the other hand, the role of opposition was also disappointing. The opposition leader issued the statements which were not suit-able according to sanctity of the day. It awned as if both the nilingperty and the apposition eunen 'iodising the occasion for their own political cause. The 14th August is the Independence day of Pakistan. It is the day of national integration and revival of oath of commitment to the nation. This day should be celebrated in much more graceful manner. Opening ceremony can he arranged in 10:11 Pak Lahore under the canopy of Miner-i-pak-Ulan. It will bring fruitful result due to following reasons. Firstly, the Lahorities arc very enthusiastic. Secondly, a large number of people can he accommodated in lqbal Park. Thirdly, the place has great historical background. Fourthly, the surrounding of the , Park also depicts history of Muslim in sub-continent which was the main driving force behind the creation of Pakistan. Such ceremonies can be rotated to other cities of countries year after year. In sum, l4th August is the day of integration, not the day of difference. Our leaders should understand the gravity of Independence day please! 

WAOAR HUSSA1N,

 Lahore.