Our Correspondent
\nISLAMABAD
\nPresident Mamnoon Hussain on Monday said terrorism cannot be eliminated by use of force alone and emphasized on role of educated youth to discourage extremist mindset in the society.
\n\u201cEducated youth can play a significant role in purifying the society polluted with evils of intolerance and terrorism,\u201d the President said in his address here at the convocation of National University of Modern Languages (NUML).
\nPresident MamnoonHussain said extremist views develop in a society where its members refuse to accept dialogue and intellectual arguments and adopt violent ways to assert their beliefs.
\nHe said Islam rejects promotion of extremist mindset and encourages a balanced way of life. He stressed the need for everyone to shun extremist narrative so as to make the country a heaven of peace.
\nThe President said Pakistan was blessed with a distinctive geography, which linked many regions and was also a source of connectivity among them.
\nHe said learning of regional languages was a key step in ensuring sustainable connectivity among nations, adding that importance of this fact increased manifold with launch of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
\nPresident Mamnoon said NUML could play an important role in addressing the upcoming linguistic challenges in view of interaction with foreign traders and professionals.
\nHe said opening of NUML\u2019s international campus in China\u2019s city Urumqi would be a significant development in this regard.
\nMamnoonHussain mentioned making cuts in his budget of President House for allocation of grant for the students of Gwadar to learn Chinese language.
\nHe expressed satisfaction that NUML had enhanced its research activities and asked it to further expand linkages with other international universities in Asia and Europe.
\nThe President urged upon the linguistic experts to encourage people of the Silk Route countries to learn each other\u2019s languages.
\nHe said Urdu provides an excellent foundation as many of its words were comprehensible in several countries and suggested that NUML could play an important role in this regard.
\nHe congratulated the graduating students on completion of their courses and expressed confidence that they would come up to the expectations of their teachers and parents in practical life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our Correspondent ISLAMABAD President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday said terrorism cannot be eliminated by use of force alone and emphasized on role of educated youth to discourage extremist mindset in the society. \u201cEducated youth can play a significant role in purifying the society polluted with evils of intolerance and terrorism,\u201d the President said in his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n