Soomro asks young graduates to contribute towards poverty elimination

KARACHI : Chairman Senate, Mohammadmian Soomro has urged for an across the board public awareness that right to vote empowers them to see that their representatives do solve problems faced by common man. Addressing the gradautes at the 12th Convocation of Hamdard University here on Saturday evening, the chief guest, also a former caretaker Prime Minister of the country, observed that people need to realize that solution to their problems was in their own hands through proper choice of representatives and vigil on their performance.
“ People must see that their representatives deliver,” he said.
Felicitiating the young graduates, the chief guest appealed them to play their role for improving the life quality of their countrymen and contribute towards poverty elimination.
Mohammadmian Soomro maintained that graduation was equally important for the concerned graduate as well as for the entire nation as it is beginning of an all new spectrum of professional careers with direct bearing on the national development.
He advised students that as they enter into new life they must also look back as well as ahead keeping in mind that they would be competing with the world at large and that they and their country can not survive in isolation.
“Higher education can not be visualized any longer in purely national or regional context,” he said mentioning that future graduates have to be in a position to takeup the complex challenges of globalization and r to meet the needs of international market.
The Senate Chairman also appreciated Hamdard University management and faculty for fostering quality in every respect, also complimented by due attention towards international dimensions of highed education, characterised by exchange of knowledge, interactive networking, mobility of teachers and students.
Appreciative of research work undertaken at the Hamdard University, he suggested that it must equally focuss at preservation and conservation as nothing is infite. The Senate Chairman particularly referred to contribution made by the university in the field of eastern medicine, along with wide range of modern educational programs.
“Muslims once being the leader in the field of medicine, science and technology have to work to regain their status,” he commented and opined that eastern medicine had tremendous potential to cater to the national needs of research, job creation and increased exports.
The graduates were advised to remember that acquiring knowledge was anm endless process and they need to keep themselves updated and also involve themselves in research.
Chancellor of the University, Barrister S.M. Zafar said the Hamdard University being the first private university of the country had set a series of precedence offering educational cum training programs in wide range of disciplines besides entering into collaborations with reputable universities of the world including Bradford University and so forth.
He also referred to scholars’ exchange program initiated by the Hamdard University under which renowned scholars were invited to deliver talks and share their research work with the students and faculty of the university.
Vice Chancellor of Hamdard University, Hakim Abdul Hannan and Director, Hamdard Foundation, Saadia Rashid also addressed the students.
Later, degrees and medals were conferred on students and scholars of the university for academic session 2007-2008.