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PESHAWAR, August 14 (APP): 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:
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“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.”
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