KARACHI: The launching ceremony of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Chair at the University of Karachi was held at the campus on Tuesday. Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palejo was the chief guest on the occasion.
The culture minister also presented a cheque of Rs 25 million, which was announced by Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah at a function held at the University of Karachi. She promised to arrange a further Rs 100 million for research and other expenses of the chair. She announced that an auditorium would also be built in the university, with the capacity for 2,000 people where the offices of the Chair would be constructed.
Palejo said the basic objective of the chair should be to delve deep into the oriental school of thought introduced to the West by Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto by her ideologies that helped in bridging the gap between the East and the West, as her main objective was to end the clash between the two polarities.
In a message read out on the occasion, President Asif Ali Zardari said that there was a vast treasure of the ideas, thoughts and philosophy of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto as well as on the life she lived so gloriously and vigorously.
Vice-Chancellor of Karachi University Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim, PPP leaders Prof ND Khan and Taj Haider appreciating the efforts of establishing the chair, said it was pertinent to research and redefine the political and democratic philosophy of Benazir Bhutto because academia could not be separated from democracy.
Pirzada Qasim said that establishing this chair at Karachi University was similar to organising and rejuvenating the history of Pakistan.
The culture minister also presented a cheque of Rs 25 million, which was announced by Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah at a function held at the University of Karachi. She promised to arrange a further Rs 100 million for research and other expenses of the chair. She announced that an auditorium would also be built in the university, with the capacity for 2,000 people where the offices of the Chair would be constructed.
Palejo said the basic objective of the chair should be to delve deep into the oriental school of thought introduced to the West by Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto by her ideologies that helped in bridging the gap between the East and the West, as her main objective was to end the clash between the two polarities.
In a message read out on the occasion, President Asif Ali Zardari said that there was a vast treasure of the ideas, thoughts and philosophy of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto as well as on the life she lived so gloriously and vigorously.
Vice-Chancellor of Karachi University Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim, PPP leaders Prof ND Khan and Taj Haider appreciating the efforts of establishing the chair, said it was pertinent to research and redefine the political and democratic philosophy of Benazir Bhutto because academia could not be separated from democracy.
Pirzada Qasim said that establishing this chair at Karachi University was similar to organising and rejuvenating the history of Pakistan.
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