S.M Zafar wants free education bill passed

By: Iftikhar Alam 
LAHORE – Renowned constitutional expert S.M. Zafar has urged Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed to make efforts for the passage of children’s free education bill in the Senate.“I introduced this bill as a member of the Senate many years ago, but it is still pending. As a senator, it is Mushahid’s duty to get this bill passed from the Upper House at the earliest,” Zafar said while addressing the launching ceremony of Mowahid Hussain Syed’s book titled ‘Will & Skill’ at Aiwan-e-Karkunan Tehrik-e-Pakistan on Wednesday.
 The Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust (NPT) and Pakistan Movement Workers’ Trust (PMWT) jointly organised the launching ceremony of the book that throws light on some of the common challenges facing the Muslim world, especially Pakistan. ‘Will & Skill’ also highlights the achievements of the Pakistani nation in different fields ranging from sports to science.TheNation Editor-in-Chief and NPT Chairman Majid Nizami, who also wrote the book’s foreword, presided over the ceremony. He congratulated Mowahid on writing the book and advised the youth to adopt positive hobbies such as book reading, which according to him were imperative for their success.  Speaking on the occasion, chief guest S.M. Zafar said that illiteracy was the main cause for the backwardness of the Pakistani nation in every field. “A country can progress only if all its citizens have access to education,” he stressed.Speaking on the Supreme Court’s judgement in Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s contempt case, he said that the judiciary was playing its due role and now it was the people’s responsibility to compel the government to abide by the Supreme Court’s decision. “The history will never forgive us if we do not stand for the supremacy of the law now,” the legal expert said. Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed congratulated Majid Nizami on completing 50 years as editor of Nawa-e-Waqt and for rendering great services for journalism in Pakistan. Referring to a chapter of the book on Majid Nizami, Mushahid said that the veteran editor’s services for keeping alive the ideological basis of the country would never be forgotten. “Majid Nizami has never compromised on national security,” Mushahid said. NPT Vice Chairman Professor Dr Rafique Ahmed, MPA Amna Ulfat, columnist Ajmal Niazi, former test cricketer Imtiaz Ahmed, Chaudhry Javid Elahi, Farrukh Sohail Goindi, Hafeez Ullah Niazi, Nasir Adeeb, Advocate Rana Ijaz Ahmed and Dr M.A. Soofi also spoke on the occasion. Colonel (r) Amjad Hussain Syed, a worker of the Pakistan movement, especially participated in the launching ceremony for ‘Will & Skill’.