Nation urged to celebrate Eid with simplicity in wake of recent tragedies
Eid to be celebrated with simplicity to express solidarity with the bereaved families.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have felicitated the nation on the auspicious occasion of Eid ul Fitr.
In their messages they said this year the Eid will be celebrated with simplicity to express solidarity with the bereaved families of the victims of Ahmad Pur Sharqia tragedy and terrorist incidents in Parachinar, Quetta and Karachi.
PRIME MINISTER’S MESSAGE
Expressing his profound grief over the tragic incidents of Parachinar, Quetta and Karachi, in which ordinary citizens and government employees were barbarically targeted, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the entire nation was shrouded with a pall of gloom.
The whole nation shared their grief and expressed solidarity with them, he said, adding that Pakistani nation had the capabilities to overcome such tragedies and stood behind the security institutions for their efforts to eliminate terrorism, acknowledging their sacrifices. The prime minister resolved that these sacrifices would not go waste. He urged the Ulema to communicate in their Eid sermons, the barbarism being used in the name of religion by the criminal minds.
He stressed the need to inculcate the real message of Islam based upon affection and positive thinking.
The prime minister said, on this august occasion, they should also remember Kashmiri brothers and sisters of Indian Occupied Kashmir, whose hearts beat together with the Pakistani nation. They had been forced to celebrate Eid under curfew and imposition of such restrictions during the holy month of Ramzan had also deprived them of their fundamental religious rights. He prayed for the Kashmiri people and called upon the United Nations to take notice of the grave human rights violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir, where the Kashmiris had been deprived of their basic fundamental rights.
The prime minister said Eid ul Fitr is an Islamic ritual which gives a message of affection, tolerance and harmony for the whole humanity. It gives us an opportunity to earn sympathy and blessings and bring collective joys for the Muslims. It is a day upon which our motherland Pakistan was created, thus multiplying the joys of august event, he noted.
He said the needy, hapless and poor should be squarely helped, so that they could share the joys of this occasion.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
President Mamnoon Hussain has emphasized that Islamic teachings on the eve of Eidul Fitr have assumed greater significance in the context of prevalent challenges posed by the modern life.
He said these teachings have the panacea for all the complicated issues posed by the modern life which required to be fully understood and emulated in their true essence.
These teachings would also help us to promote peace, harmony and affection not only in our motherland, but also in the entire
world, he added.
Felicitating the nation and the Muslim Ummah on the holy event, the president in his message noted that the day reminded us to bury the hatchet and ill feelings by promoting brotherhood. It would require individual efforts, so that in the end, it could contribute towards collective progress and prosperity.
Praying for unity and solidarity of the Muslim Ummah, the president observed that after Ramzanul Mubarak, the subsequent
celebration of Eid ul Fitr was a blessing from the Almighty Allah which carried objectives of unity, sympathy and brotherhood among the Muslims.
The faithful supplement their joys with their donations in the form of Zakat etc, he said, adding these were the real teachings of
Islam with which the social differences could be overcome and a foundation for prosperous society could be laid.
