The joint family system is a source of moral training, character-building and mutual love and understanding, and it should not be opposed without realising its merits. The blind adopting of Western values is damaging the social and moral fabric of our society, and we must save our positive values, culture and social heritage for our coming generations.
This was said by the speakers at the meeting of Shura Hamdard on Thursday evening on the theme “Present circumstances in the light of spiritual and moral values”, presided over by Justice (retd) Haziquel Khairi at a local hotel. President, Hamdard Foundation Pakistan, Sadia Rashid, was also present at the meeting.
The speakers urged the people to restore spiritual and moral values and joint family system in the society, because spiritual and moral values create spiritual power which is a multiple power and joint family system is a source of moral training, character building and mutual love and understanding.
Speaking as the guest speaker, ex-MNA, novelist, writer and Deputy Speaker, Shura Hamdard Lahore, Bushra Rehman said, “Spiritual and moral values were very important for our society and all social and political ills, prevailing in our society, was the result of their deteriorative condition. Political leaders, in power or out of power, should take spiritual training from spiritual saints. We should not confuse to the new generation by narrating the disputed aspects of Pakistan movement and creation of Pakistan”.
Those leaders, who created Pakistan, were very clear in their minds. They had good intentions and made a beautiful map for the solidarity, safety and progress of Pakistan in their minds. But unfortunately they had gone soon and power was captured by those people who had done nothing in creation of Pakistan. However, people like Hakim Said were present in the country and it had survived and progress, defying prophesy of Indian leaders of Congress that Pakistan would survive for six months only, she added.
“A relay race is being held in our country and every outgoing ruler gives flag to another person, who may not chase him, but run forward in order to save his skin”, she said, adding that “We should prepare a new crop of youth to take control of the country’s affairs and to avoid this race of power”.
Ex-Chairman, Pakistan Steel Mills, Haq Nawaz Akhtar, said that for the restoration of spiritual and moral values in society, abolition of feudalism and “mullaiyat” and re-establishment of joint family system was essentially needed. Justice (retd) Haziqul Khairi said that Pakistan Movement was not grounded in religion; it was a movement for attaining the economic and political rights of Indian Muslims. That’s why no leaders of Pakistan movement were deeply religious. If it was a religious movement the Indian Communist Party would have definitely opposed it, he added.
Former ambassador of Pakistan, Mahdi Masud said that political integrity in political leadership, which had vast meanings and covered all aspects of human character, restoration of confidence among the masses, who were the victim of insecurity, was quite necessary for the betterment of the country. Above all establishment of social justice was supreme in this connection, he added. He said that Pakistan was not an ordinary country and among the UN’s 180 members’ states, it was elected to the many of its important institutions. Among the 42 countries, which were facing terrorism, Pakistan was the only country, which suffered more fighting against terror, he added.
Commodore (retd) Sadeed Anwar Malik while highlighting the importance of Pakistan said that in 1951 when Japan, then a conquered country, was allowed to restore its diplomatic relations to only ten countries, Pakistan was among those 10. “Spiritual power is a power which multiplies others’ power”, he maintained. M.A. Sabzwari, Syed Muzzaffarul Hasan, Dr Amjad Ali Jaffery, Nusrat Nasarullah and Azhar Hashmi also spoke.
