Karachi: Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) organized its first Convocation on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the PAF Museum, where 116 students of SMIU were conferred with degrees. President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain along with Governor Sindh Zubair Ahmed, who is also Chancellor of SMIU and Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh, Vice Chancellor of SMIU, gave gold medals to 7 students and silver medals to 6 students. Later, in his speech President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain said that organizing the first convocation by the Alma-Mater of the Father of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah is most significant and unique precedent. It is a matter of happiness for him that Sindh Madressatul Islam University is moving forward with success. He hope it will be more developed in the future. While congratulating the students, President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain said that he hoped that they will serve the nation with great enthusiasm and commitment, in their practical life. “Today we have been reached that phase of national life, where we can change the destiny of the nation by taking decisions on time and right measures,” President Pakistan said that the young people will materialize the dreams of prosperity for the people and development of the national economy by their efforts. Addressing female students, President of Pakistan said that they should acquire higher education according to their will and priority and ignore all those hindrances, which may come in their way. President Mamnoon Hussain further said that women play a major role in the nation’s development, but in Pakistan, their role is much more significant, because they are more than fifty percent of our entire population. Therefore, the national progress may be accelerated by participation of girls and women in the national workforce. Talking about the students of SMIU the President of Pakistan said that I had met with the students of this historic institution many times, where I found them determined and full with dreams and objectives. Governor Sindh Zubair Ahmed in his speech said that it is an honor for him to attend the first convocation of the Alma-Mater of founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. He said that there is no greater inspiration than the name of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. This is why; we must declare Sindh Madressatul Islam University as the premier institution of Pakistan, due to its close association with the Father of the Nation. “I shall extend my full support for development of Sindh Madressatul Islam University,” the Governor Sindh said. Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh, Vice Chancellor of Sindh Madressatul Islam University in his report talked about the background of the establishment of Sindh Madressatul Islam as a school in 1885, then its elevation to the level of a college by Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in 1943 and then its elevation to the level of a university in 2012. “Today is a historic moment in the history of Sindh Madressatul Islam University as it has organized its first convocation,” Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh said and added that SMIU is working as a leading institution of the country by producing leaders of every sphere of life. “SMIU had produced several leaders of the Pakistan movement, including Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Sir Abdullah Haroon, Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto, Muhammad Ayub Khuhro and others,” the Vice Chancellor said. Dr Shaikh further said that in the present day world our country and the nation needs competent leaders in every field of life, and SMIU has set its goals to work on the said objectives.