LAHORE – Benazir Income Support Programme Chairperson Farzana Raja has said that the Pakistan Day is an occasion for us to reaffirm our strong commitment of uplifting the lives of poor and marginalised segments of society, said a statement issued here on Tuesday.
She said, “71 years ago, it was eventful day of 23rd March 1940 when thousands of Muslims from various parts of the sub-continent shared a dream together. To convert the dream into reality, they gathered in Lahore under the able leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. It was a dream of having separate homeland for Muslims of the sub-continent, who were largely feeling marginalised and deprived socio-politically and economically.”
She said that in persuasion of this dream, the great founding father of the nation gave special importance to wellbeing of the people and that it was evident from his policy speech on August 11, 1947. She said the history had witnessed that the politics of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and his daughter Shaheed Benazir Bhutto also revolved around the same vision.
“Today present democratic government, under the unwavering resolve of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, is struggling for the same. The Pakistan Day is an occasion for us to reaffirm our strong commitment of uplifting the lives of poor and marginalized segments of society”, she added.
