Prize distribution ceremony held at IMCG F-7/2

Islamabad

Prize distribution ceremony (from 2012 to 2016) was held in IMCG (PG), F-7/2 here on Thursday. Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani was chief guest on the occasion. Guest of honour was Former Principal Ms. Afroz Begum.

The event started with recitation of the versus from Holy Quran. Principal Khalida Makhdoom presented the college report and highlighted the achievements of the college in curriculum and co curriculum fields. Prizes and medals were given away by the chief guest and the guest of honour Ms. Afroze Begum. Faculty members were also awarded by guest of honour for their outstanding performance.

For the session 2013-16 -- the students of Psychology Sana Zehra (first), Sundus Yousuf (second) and Hafsa Khalid stood fourth in examination held by Quaid-i-Azam University. Ms. Shabana got third position in Bachelor of Arts (QAU), Hafsa Abid secured 3rd position in Bachelor of Science (QAU) Halima Riaz who secured first position in Humanities Group (FBISE) were given awards.

In 2014-2016 Science group, Hanood Shahid (first), Irum Zehra (second),Yusra Sarwat got third position, in Bachelor of Arts Anum Bina (first), Beenish Syed (second) and Quratul Ain got third position and were given medals. Dr. Azra Raza award of Rs50,000 was given to three students.

Ms. Afroz Begum was given a life time achievement award. She addressed the gathering and said that she had spent the golden part of her life serving the college which was named FG College for Women, F-7/2. She regretted that the college's nomenclature was changed to IMCG (PG), Sector F-7/2 and this old and prestigious institution was robbed of its identity. On behalf of students and faculty she called for the restoration of the old name of the institution and requested the chief guest to support this cause. Moreover, she warmly congratulated the prize winners.

The chief guest Raza Rabbani Sahib thanked the principal of the college and the faculty for giving him this opportunity to be part of the guest ceremony. He said that from this moment he is part of the struggle of this institution to restore its former nomenclature. He said that he and Senate will strive for its restoration. He opined that changing the name of an institution is akin to severing ties with past, history and the roots. He appreciated the young minds and eulogised for service of think tanks who are behind these winners.

Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani has said that deliberate efforts have been made which still continue to disconnect the nation from the history and create a situation where in the younger generation is not capable to question the State and elite nexus responsible for this disconnect. Rather, they are made to believe and accept that whatever is being imposed upon them from the proprietors of this nexus as their fortune and will of God. These forces fail to realise that if we sever our connections with the history, we would become headless chickens.

Mian Raza Rabbani said that it is unfortunate that our history has been distorted and the sayings of the Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah especially his address to the first Constituent Assembly providing guiding principles for a democratic and welfare state either went missing or has been changed. That is why our younger generation is facing problems to find its identity and is unable to set its direction.

Mian Raza Rabbani said that he is hopeful that our younger generation is capable to deliver for promotion of stronger democratic and constitutional values as many of them would not be believe the lessons being taught by these forces against the idea of Pakistan as a welfare democratic state. He said that the problems being faced by us today are mainly due to this drift from the historic connections and the younger generation adopts whatever is available in desperation to find its identity.

He said that country is facing serious problems of terrorism and sectarianism because of the fact that we have disconnected ourselves from history and lost our identity as envisaged in the guiding principles of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He said that future leadership of Pakistan in this young generation will stand against this injustice of the State and would conserve the constitution of the 1973, and would work for the democratic values and human rights. He hoped that many of them would be the contenders for the Nobel Prizes in their respective discipline. He said that brightness in the eyes of the daughters of our nation have given me a new confidence that they would be the champions of the women rights.