Rich tribute was paid to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in a seminar held at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Rich tribute was paid to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in a seminar held at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur
BAHAWALPUR(PR)Rich tribute was paid to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in a seminar held at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur on his 120^th death anniversary. The seminar was part of the co-curricular activities regularly organized on direction of Prof. Dr. Qaiser Mushtaq, Vice Chancellor to provide significant educational enrichment to students which is a natural complement to academic activities at the campus.  On this occasion, Dr. Shahid Hassan Rizvi, Chairman Department of history said that Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was a great patriotic and visionary Muslim leader in the subcontinent who highlighted that Muslim youth need to equip themselves with modern education. This was the only way to get rid of slavery and liberate the nation. His thoughts revolutionized the social, political and economic life of Indian Muslims and ultimately paved the way for independence.