Pakistani community mark Quaid Day in Riyadh

• The event was held by the Minister and Deputy Head of Mission of Pakistan in the Kingdom.
• The event began with a drama about the hardship of Pakistanis since their independence until today.
• The play was followed by a speech by the Pakistani diplomat.

The Pakistani community honored the birthday of the Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

The event was held by Khayyam Akbar, the Minister and Deputy Head of Mission of Pakistan in the Kingdom, and attended by a big audience of Riyadh’s Pakistani community members at Al Hayat restaurant banquette hall east of Riyadh.

The event began with a drama about the hardship of Pakistanis since their independence until today. It emphasized that the principle of unity, faith, and discipline upon which leader Jinnah founded his idea for the founding of Pakistan should be the solution to the country’s current issues.

The play was followed by a speech by the Pakistani diplomat, Akbar. “Quaid-e-Azam, Jinnah, from nowhere, and in a most difficult situation, not only managed to bring the Muslims of the subcontinent together but also succeeded in making sure that a separate homeland for them became a reality,” he said.

“We should be always thankful for this and work as a nation to continue our efforts without having any feeling of hopelessness toward the challenges facing us today,” he added.

Akbar urged the 1.5 million Pakistanis living in the Kingdom to serve as ambassadors for their country and work diligently alongside their Saudi neighbors. He asked them to continue contributing to the Kingdom’s progress.

Abdul Malik Mujahid, an Islamic scholar and the operation manager of Riyadh-based Darussalam Publishers, which translated the Holy Qur’an into around 25 languages, provided data on Jinnah’s life and described him as a man of action rather than talk.

Following the talks, a short film about Pakistan’s primary difficulties, such as unmanned drone attacks on civilians, poverty, floods, religious fervor, sectarian bloodshed, political rivalry, and corruption, was presented.

The film also showed clips of some Pakistani leaders addressing the public and concluded by suggesting that the former cricket giant, Imran Khan, the founder and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, could be the ideal leader at present to lead Pakistan in the footsteps of the Quaid.

Fawad Choudhary, President ISS, started his address by questioning the audience whether the Pakistani people were justifying what Pakistan was made for, in following the footsteps of the founder of the nation and exemplifying his principle of unity, faith, and discipline.

He said the people are directly responsible for what is happening in Pakistan in terms of corruption and injustice, stressed the importance of rising up, and stop compromising on the corruption of the leaders.

Choudhary appealed to the Pakistanis working in the Kingdom to contribute more to building the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a fortress of Islam, a cause to that leader Jinnah devoted himself.

Also Read

Quaid Day: Chairperson BOL Ayesha Shaikh Pays Tribute to Father of the Nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah on his 145th Birth Anniversary

KARACHI: The Chairperson of BOL Ayesha Shaikh paid tribute to the father...