ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday said the progress of a Country could not be achieved without promotion of its national language.
While addressing at the foundation-laying ceremony of Federal Urdu University for Science and Technology at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad, the President said all developed nations in the World had achieved progress by promoting their national languages.
The new campus of Federal Urdu University for Science and Technology, presently situated at the Zero Point in Islamabad, will been constructed near Kurri Road for which 800 kanal land has been acquired.
President Mamnoon said using national language Urdu as the medium of instruction at educational institutes would enable the youth make optimum utilization of their capabilities and express their creativity without any inhibitions.
The president said Urdu University was a dream come true based on the spirit of the establishment of Pakistan. Also, its main objective was to promote national language and liberate the new generation from the shackles of alien languages, he added.
Mamnoon Hussain recalled the services of Father of Urdu Moulvi Abdul Haq who fought relentlessly for the preservation of Urdu language.
The president appreciated that certain universities of the Country had realized the importance of Urdu and were translating research work without any compromise in terms of quality.
The president called upon the Urdu University to translate the modern educational asset in national language and work for the promotion of research-based education.
President Mamnoon said the government was extending support to the Federal Urdu University and the Aiwan-e-Sadr had also contributed financially after cutting down its expenses. He expressed hope that the campus would be constructed soon providing students a platform of quality education in national language.
The president said the faculty was the most important part of a university, and urged upon the teachers to set high standards as role models for their students by refraining from grouping, plagiarism and corruption.
Mamnoon Husain also called upon the students to shun lingual and ethnic prejudices and focus their energies on studies only.
The Federal Minister for Education Muhammad Yousaf Sheikh said education played an important role in the reformation of a society and polishes the skills of people to make them useful for the Country.
The Acting Vice Chancellor (VC) Federal Urdu University Professor Dr Syed Altaf Hussain said the university was playing a significant role in development process after transforming the students into resourceful professionals.
