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Senator Mushahid Hosts Christmas Party in Honor of Sanitary Workers, Calls Them ‘Real VIPs’
Islamabad: Senator Mushahid Hussain, who represents the Federal Capital in the Senate, held a Christmas-cum-New Year’s Party in honor of sanitation workers at the E-7 Park. It was attended by about 150 people.
He lauded the hard work and contribution of sanitary workers in keeping Islamabad ‘clean and green’. “You are the real VIPs, given your honesty, dedication and hard work and we are proud of you’. He also awarded shields of appreciation to two retiring sanitary workers - Yaqoob Masih, who served for 42 years, and Saifur Rahman, who served for 38 years.
Talking to the media, Senator Mushahid Hussain said that knowing Islamabad is a city of the elites, where VIP Culture is prevalent and only VIPs are acknowledged or honored, he wanted to set a different example, by ‘honoring our unsung heroes’, the poor, underclass belonging to the Christian community, who are the weakest and most oppressed section of Pakistani society.
He said ‘usually, in Islamabad, we only honor VIPs or those holding high office’. The sanitary workers, he claimed, “are the real VIPs, because they serve selflessly, above and beyond the call of duty, at meagre salaries, and it is because of them that our city is so clean and beautiful”. Senator Mushahid Hussain urged the gathering that “we must uphold Quaid e Azam’s vision of equality for all Pakistanis, irrespective of religion, caste or creed” and respect the national flag where the white color honors non-Muslim Pakistanis.
Last year too, Senator Mushahid Hussain arranged a similar function in honor of Manzoor Masih, a retiring sanitary worker and other members of CDA Sanitation staff. The head of CDA Labor Union, Chaudhry Yasin, and Senator Fawzia Arshad, PTI Senator from Islamabad, also attended the function. – Pakistan Today
