In the name of Allah the most Beneficent and the most Merciful

Honourable Chief Guest of the day, Respected Principal, distinguished guests for the
occasion, teachers, parents and all my dear friends Assalam-U-Alaikum, this day 14 th August
of every year is a golden day engraved in the history of the world. We got freedom on this
date and it is a day worth a celebration. When we celebrate it hoisting the flag, playing our
National Anthem with fervour, distributing sweets, we need to sail back into the past to
remember and pay homage to the builders of our nation. My dear friends, we were the
privileged lot to have been born in free Pakistan. We were able to breathe the fresh free air
since our birth. If at all we want to know the pangs of agony of being slaves under a foreign
rule, we must ask our elders born before 1947. It was indeed a Himalayan task for every
Pakistani those days to fight against those powerful giants the British rulers and the
Hindus. We must not allow those hard times and struggles fade away from our memories.
Hence it is befitting for us to celebrate such National festivals and recall those heroic deeds
of our National heroes. We remember them today. Right from Muhammad Ali Jinnah to the
local patriotic leaders we owe our gratitude. When we regard those martyrs who laid their
precious lives for our sake, we must not ignore the common people who sacrificed their lot
for the good cause. There were farmers, land lords, businessmen, teachers, writers, poets and
students who helped the land achieve the long cherished freedom. Today we have come a
long way in the path of free Pakistan. We have proved ourselves worthy of freedom. We are
considered as the first Islamic Atomic country in the world. How proud we were when Arfa
Kareem Randhawa made our National Flag flutter in the field of Microsoft. We are proud of
it and feel very happy about all these positive aspects. But are we blind to the black clouds
surrounding us? Are we very successful in using our freedom in the right manner? If so, why
should there be so many bomb blasts, killings, attacks on government offices, cases against
so many politicians and so many unstable governments? Well my dear friends, what can a
student do at this juncture? Should we go and catch the terrorists? Should we fight against
the corrupted politicians? Or should we take over the country into our hands by waging
another war for freedom? No, we are not expected to do all these things. We must keep

observing things around us. We will have our own day. Before that, let us do our
duty of preparing ourselves to be well-educated citizens of tomorrow. Let us do
our duty sincerely and study hard to achieve a goal. Today we require youngsters
with lot of knowledge and energy. Illiteracy is the first enemy for a democratic
nation. Let us get rid of illiteracy and take Pakistan to a bright future.
Pakistan Zandabad