20 August 2009
Pakistan Looks to Boy Scouts For Future
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The Pakistan Daily Times reports that the President of Pakistan recently held a meeting with the Boy Scoutsof his country to distribute scholarships for deserving youth. He also hopes that the Scouts will help expand the Pakistan Scouts Cadet College Batrasi. He went so far as to suggest giving additional education credits to Boy Scouts to encourage more participation in the program.
Praising the dedication of the scouts during the October 2005 earthquake and in the relief and rehabilitation of the internally displaced persons, Zardari asked them to “work together for unity, peace and solidarity”. He said scouting was one of the most organised movements in the world and called upon the youth to organise themselves to achieve greater heights. Zardari said the scouts had a duty towards God, their fellow human beings regardless of caste and creed, and to themselves, adding, “With this post you are duty bound to illuminate the path of peace as your duty to fellow humans.”
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Zardari advised the scouts to arm themselves with self-confidence and positive thinking. “Eliminate pessimism and prejudice from your thoughts and never be deterred by setbacks, slips and falls in life,” he told the scouts. “We all climb, we all slip,” Zardari said, adding, “Your station in life will be determined not by whether you slipped but by what you did when you slipped while climbing.” Later, Zardari, also the chief scout of Pakistan, distributed prizes among the students.Earlier, Pakistan Boy Scouts Association (PBSA) National Secretary Col Hashmat Abbas highlighted the aims and objectives of the PBSA and the achievements of the college.
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