ISLAMABAD: PML Secretary General, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed on Thursday reiterated that the PML will continue to uphold and promote the progressive vision of the Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah towards the minority communities of Pakistan. He made these remarks during a meeting with the delegation of the PML Minorities Wing led by its Chairman, Mr.Akram Masih Gill, MNA. Senator Mushahid Hussain said that it was a credit of the PML that “we are the first ruling party in the history of Pakistan to celebrate holy days of all minorities”. Condemning the PPP nationalization of Christian Missionary Education Institutions, Senator Mushahid Hussain said that it was the PML government that restored these institutions to a quality level by denationalizing them thereby contributing to quality education.
He appreciated the minority communities for its support to the PML in the recent elections and said tht the PML was committed to the vision of Quaid-i-Azam which was enunciated in his famous speech of August 11, 1947 to the Constituent Assembly where he committed Pakistan to a policy of freedom of religious and equality for all citizens of Pakistan irrespective of their caste, creed or faith. In this regard, Senator Mushahid Hussain directed the PML Minorities Wing to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day in a befitting manner on August 11 to commemorate both Pakistan’s independence as well as the 62nd anniversary of the historic speech of Quaid-i-Azam.—Agencies