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Monday, September 06, 2010
President seeks people’s help to meet challenges* Zardari says critical lesson of September 6 shows national unity, singularity of purpose can conquer aggression
ISLAMABAD: Saluting the nation for its unity and the armed forces for its valour on September 6, 1965, President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday urged the people to stand with the government for overcoming the challenges of terrorism and the disaster caused by the massive floods.
In a message on the occasion of Defence Day on September 6, Zardari said, “September 6 is a memorable day in the national calendar”. It was on this day in 1965 when the people of Pakistan, demonstrating unprecedented unity and singularity of purpose, solidly stood behind the armed forces in facing a grave threat to the country, he added. “On this day we salute the nation for its unity, the armed forces for their valour and courage and pay homage to our martyrs,” the president said. “The critical lesson of September 6 is that national unity and singularity of purpose can conquer aggression as well as vagaries and storms of time. This year, the nation is confronted with an existential threat from fanatics and extremists on the one hand and from the material devastation caused by the history’s worst floods on the other,” he added.
The president said, “While the former is testing our will to survive and live in accordance with our values and ideology, the latter is testing our ability, resourcefulness and resilience to rise like a phoenix from the ashes of a natural disaster. In some ways the threats to the country on September 6 this year outweigh the threats on this day anytime ever in the past.” He said the need for national unity and singularity of purpose was therefore greater than ever before on this day. “It is reassuring that once again the people and the armed forces have risen to the challenge,” Zardari said. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk