LAHORE:The speakers, during a seminar, have called upon the need to learn from the mistakes of the past, rectify ways and move forward for the development of country.
The seminar “Dhaka Fall” was organised by the Department of Political Science, in collaboration with Department of History and Pakistan Studies at the Centre for South Asian Studies, Punjab University here on Thursday.
PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi, former VC BZU Dr Khwaja Alkamah, Chairman Department of History and Pakistan Studies Prof Dr Mehboob Hussain, Chairperson Department of Political Science Prof Dr Iram Khalid, Col (retd) Z.I. Farrukh, senior analyst Sajjad Mir, faculty members and students were present.
Addressing the seminar, PU VC Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi said, “We must adopt system of self-accountability to learn from our mistakes and amend our ways to make progress. We can become a great nation by rectifying our mistakes, adding that such seminars must be organised to know how we could solve our today’s problems by critically analyzing our past.”
He said that efforts were being made to put PU on the road to regain its past glory. He said that it was one of the prime responsibilities of the universities to create an honest future leadership for the country for its development.
Dr Zaidi said, “We must act upon the teachings of Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal in order to achieve the dreams of creation of Pakistan.”
Col (retd) Z.I Farrukh said that one of the reasons for the fall of Dhaka was a game of chairs which was unfortunate and even it continued today. He said that nations that did not learn from their past could never move forward.
Dr Khwaja Alkamah said history was very important because it gave us an opportunity to learn and move forward, adding “We have to work together to recover our lost heritage.” He said that there was no democracy in true sense in Pakistan and no political party could claim to represent as a national-level party.
Sajjad Mir said news of cessation of East Pakistan surprised and shocked all the Pakistanis. He said that if they had remembered the Fall of Dhaka to learn a lesson, they would have become a great nation.
Dr Iram Khalid said that history was a source of training and this event had been organised for the awareness of young students.