Punjab University’s Maulana Zafar Ali Khan Chair organised a one-day national seminar on the “Role of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan in Creation of Pakistan” in the seminar room of Institute of Social & Cultural Studies on Friday.
Social & Behavioural Studies Dean Professor Dr Muhammad Hafeez, Maulana Zafar Ali Khan Chair President Prof Dr Zahid Munir Amir, renowned journalist Sajjad Mir, Maulana Zafar Ali Khan Trust Secretary Raja Asad Ali Khan, faculty members and a large number of students were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Sajjad Mir said that journalism had a definite purpose in Maulana Zafar Ali Khan’s period, adding that commercialism and private benefits did not exist then. He said that Maulana Zafar Ali Khan used his profession for the purpose of awakening the Muslims and to free them from the yoke of the British and the Hindus. He was a great poet and had awakened the Muslims of subcontinent through his poetry, Sajjad added.
Professor Zahid Munir said that Maulana Zafar Ali Khan was a writer, poet, politician and a soft-hearted person. He said “Zamindar” was a popular newspaper among people from every walk of life. He said Maulana Zafar Ali Khan had immediately translated a resolution presented in English language to Urdu, adding that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had highly appreciated the services of Maulana Zafar. The professor also said that students should carry out research on the personalities who have devoted their lives for the country. Raja Asad Ali Khan said that Maulana Zafar Ali Khan had a strong grip on the English language. He thanked PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran for establishing the Maulana Zafar Ali Khan Chair at the varsity.
Journalism is a very respected profession and in Maulana's time it was much more neat and clean than today. My father's elder brother and to me a very close, Late Musleh-ud-din use to follow Maulana Zafar Ali Khan's footsteps and always got inspiration from his books and column's. When Uncle Musleh was a young student at a college in Lahore, his teacher asked in the class who wants to become Maulana sahib, Musleh-ud-din was the only one who raised his hand and since the topic of discussion in the class on that day was Maulana sahib so he told me that after the class was over he went to the library of the college and read more about Maulana Sahib and later in the year's read his stuff extensively to the point there was nothing left to read. Musleh-ud-din uncle read Ghalib, Iqbal and Saadi also in detail.
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