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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday asserted that ethical degradation causes economic deterioration in the country, urging the civil servants to exhibit high moral standards in the line of duties for their as well as the country’s betterment.
“With a very good civil service, this country was moving on the path of becoming a great nation till 1960s. But then we gradually proceeded towards the path of destruction,” the premier said while addressing passing out ceremony of the 44th Special Training Program of Pakistan Administrative Service.
He continued, “When decline comes in morality, it also brings in economic decline.” The premier went on to say that a society that lacks ethics cannot deliver justice either, and then it resorts to giving out NROs [National Reconciliation Ordinances].
“When our ethics deteriorated, our economy went on the same path. Bangladesh was considered a burden on Pakistan but the former also surpassed us in economic growth,” the premier said, adding, “The ill in a society starts with the premier and the ministers, and then trickles all the way down.”
He quoted the sayings of Holy Prophet (SAWW) that the nations, which did not dispense justice, were destroyed. Similarly, he said, Hazrat Ali (RA) had stated that the nations having the system of infidelity could survive but not those with the system of tyranny and injustice.
The Prime Minister said that an eminent person always had dreams and ideals. “The man who first scaled the Everest Mountain had the determination to achieve that goal,” he said and remarked if a person had the power of faith, nothing was impossible for him.
“Even if a one person is the on the right path, it has an impact,” the Prime Minister said and added that the posting of an honest SHO (Station House Officer) at a police station or an SP (Superintendent of Police) in the area could correct things in a whole district.
Last week, addressing a ceremony to inaugurate the Hall of Fame at the Pakistan Academy of Letters, he had. said that in the age of social media with unrestricted content available, huge responsibility lied on intellectuals to guide the nation on preserving moral and ethical values.