‘Teachers are nation builders’

Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday paid tribute to the teachers, on behalf of the whole nation, for their services in the nation-building.

In a message on the World Teachers' Day annually observed on October 5, the president said teachers were the builders of a nation. He viewed that no nation could progress without the services of the teachers. In connection with the day, the president called his Class-IV English teacher Dur-e-Shamim Musharraf and thanked her for the great service she has been rendering. He also expressed best wishes and prayed for her healthy and long life.