KARACHI: President Mamnoon Hussain says political instability in the region is the main cause of growing terrorism and law and order problems.

Addressing the convocation of Baqai Medical University in Karachi Monday, he expressed deep sorrow and grief over the yesterday’s attack on a Church in Quetta. He said the terrorists targeted the Christian community while it was preparing to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and their design appears to be disturbing the religious harmony in the country.

The President stated that entire country especially Balochistan and Karachi have been mired in different problems due to political instability and rise of terrorism in the region during the last several decades. He emphasized that National political leadership and other institutions should play their role to overcome these problems for development of the country and welfare of the masses.

The President said that the whole country is in a state of grief and sorrow due to the attack on the Church in Quetta. He pointed out that the enemy has very cleverly chosen the time of attack when the Christian community was preparing to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ. He underlined that the objective behind attacking the religious places of Christian is to destabilise the country by disturbing its religious harmony. He underscored the need for fighting these few terrorists with unity.

The President stated that different parts of the country especially Balochistan and Karachi have faced various challenges adding that such issues have affected other parts of the country as well. The major reasons behind it are the decades of political instability and situation arising from the rise of terrorism in the region, he said.

He stressed that National political leadership and other institutions have worked diligently to overcome these problems and this process is still going on. As a result of these efforts situation has improved in Karachi and Balochistan, he added. He underlined that it is the duty of National leadership, Ulemas, intellectuals, academics and especially the youth to keep an eye on the national and international affairs and try to comprehend the changes taking place in the region so that the obstacles in the path of progress can be removed in addition to thwarting the rise of such situations in future.

The President said that medicine is not only a profession but also a mean to serve humanity and our traditions are remarkable in this regard. In Muslim societies, doctors not only used to treat patients but they were considered as a compassionate leader and respected elder who raised the standard of his profession in comparison to the other professions by making it a divine vocation, he added. He emphasized that it is necessary to strengthen this beautiful custom to promote good traditions in the society.

He highlighted that growing materialism has also affected the profession of medicine and its reasons are the rise in the needs and expenses of the people. He stated that this situation has also badly affected the relationship between the doctors and patients. He advised the children to follow the traditions of morality and service to humanity which are also the emblem of our civilization. He suggested that a nursing department should also be established in every medical university.

The President pointed out that one of the responsibilities of universities is to produce specialists in line with the local environment by promoting research in the fields of diagnostics and treatment. It is indeed a matter of pleasure that BMU is playing commendable role in this respect, he added. He stressed that our educational and research institutions of medicine should focus on encouraging the culture of simplicity and ease in the field of treatment so that the lower strata of the society could also easily avail the opportunity of treatment of complex diseases.—NNI