First Anniversary of Shahadat of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto observed at Pakistan High Commission London

 

To commemorate the first death anniversary of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed, Quran Khawani and an exhibition of photographs of her life and achievements by photo journalist Waqar Zaidi, was arranged at Pakistan High Commission in London on Saturday December 27, 2008.

 

The congregation was attended by a large number of Pakistani community settled in UK including friends and relatives of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto as well as leaders of Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League, Mutahida Qaumi Movement and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf.

 

After recitation from Holy Quran collective prayers were offered by Imam Abduljalil Sajid of Muslim Council for Religious and Racial Harmony, UK. He said that Mohtarma was Shaheed in true sense because she sacrificed her life for a cause. He further said that he personally knew Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, who besides being a politician of international stature was a devoted mother. She always cared for good upbringing of her children to make them good human beings and made them not only read Holy Quran nut also understand its meaning. Imam Abduljalil Sajid stressed upon Pakistani Community to help Pakistan overcome the challenges being faced by the nation in the form of extremism, terrorism and economic crises.

 

Quran Khawani was followed by an exhibition of photographs of life and achievements of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto by photo journalist Mr. Waqar Zaidi. Over 350 photographs displayed in the exhibition depict various facets of life of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto from her political career to glimpses of her life with family members and friends. Some thirty photographs belonging to personal collection of Mr. Waqar Zaidi have been put on exhibition for the first time.

 

Earlier sharing his views about Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Pakistan’s High Commissioner to UK Mr. Wajid Shamsul Hasan said Benazir Bhutto’s dream was to make our country Quaid-e-Azam’s Pakistan that was envisioned by him as a modern and democratic state with no room for religious extremism, intolerance or discrimination of caste, creed or colour. Like the Quaid and her father Quaid-i-Awam Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto—she carried on her shoulders their dream for a prosperous, united, peaceful federal Pakistan where Sindhis, Punjabis, Balochis, Pathans, Sarikis, Mohajirs and other ethnic or religious groups could provide strength through diversity to the state’s socio-economic and political fabric with no room for obscurantism, bigotry or extremism or any form of extremism.

 

 

December 27, 2008