‘Don’t set making money as your life goal,’ Imran Khan advises graduating students at NAMAL

MIANWALI (January 27, 2019): Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan advised students at NAMAL College:  ‘Don’t set making money as your life goal’. 

Addressing the 6th convocation ceremony of NAMAL College, Mianwali as the chief guest, PM said that modern technology especially in agriculture will be introduced in the country for sustainable development and that the NAMAL College should become pioneer in this regard.

The Prime Minister said accountability and meritocracy are the hallmarks of democracy and no country in the world has made progress without it.

He said the government is answerable to the people of the country and everyone in the government is accountable for spending public money.

He said Pakistan could only make progress by pursuing the path of Holy Prophet Hazrat MUHAMMED (Peace Be Upon Him).

At the ceremony, he addressed the students and other attendees, stressing on the importance of working hard to bring about a change.

“There are two kinds of worldviews that exist; one that says that I [a leader] am going to take care of my own needs and then see what I want to do for others,” said the PM “The other worldview is to be part of a welfare state, and for leaders to take care of the needs of the people first, instead of giving priority to their own needs.”

“In a welfare state like Madinah, so many years ago, they had understood that education was more important than money. They used to free prisoners of war once they had taught 10 people to read. They did not give priority to wealth — they gave importance to education.

Imran Khan advised the students to learn from failures by rectifying mistakes. He also asked them not to forget their culture, religion and teachings of the founding fathers of Pakistan.

He congratulated the successful graduates and their parents.