Reporting by Aziz Ejaz
Baloch Student Action Committee (BSAC) held a reference at University of Balochistan (UoB) to highlight the exceptional contributions Dr Rasool Buksh Raisani and journalist Lala Siddique Baloch played in their respective fields.
“In the fields of education and journalism, the two reverent personalities Dr Rasool Bukhsh Raisani and journalist Lala Siddique Baloch had a played great role respectively. Journalism and education both can be considered the fields which have not yet unluckily advanced at a level on which people from Balochistan should feel satisfied. The continuity of involvements in the particular field are still severely required to be acclaimed and adjudicated for a change which the society we live necessitates to have preferably,” BSAC said in a statement released to media.
The reference program was presided by the central Chairman of Baloch Student Action Committee Rasheed Karim Baloch and the Chief Guest of the occasion was Director Student Affairs and Chairman Fine Arts Department UoB, Dr Akram Dost Baloch.
President of Quetta Press Club, Raza-ul-Rehman, Chairman of Brahvii Department, Dr. Manzoor Baloch, Vice Chairman of Baloch Academy Sangat Rafik Baloch, Director Institute of Research and Education, Nasir Kiazai, son of late Siddique Baloch, Sadiq Baloch, sons of Dr. Rasool Bukhsh Raisani and many lectures and students from UoB and colleges from Quetta were present in the event.
The speakers paid tributes to both personalities while addressing the audiences and said Balochistan has given birth to the iconic persons who had played their outstanding roles in various fields.
“The iconic personalities, Dr Rasool Bukhsh Raisani and Lala Siddique Baloch come among those persons who Baloch will never forget due to their contributions,” the speakers said.
“Both have seen the worst challenges via ways of becoming educationist and journalist but their sentiments could never get desiccated and one gone through the hardships to have the degree of PhD in Education and other to be a well-known writer whose attempts highlighted the significance of education and extended ethics of journalism that today the progenies gladly attempt to follow,” they added.
The addresses of the reference revolved around the life circle and contributions of both reverent personalities. At the concluding session, BSAC announced an annual award on behalf of Dr. Rasool Bukhsh Raisani’s educational contributions to be attributed to a person who will keenly and enthusiastically attempt to play the utmost role in progressing the educational proceedings in institutes from Balochistan.
The 2018 excellence award of Dr. Rasool Bukhsh Raisani has been awarded to a lecturer of post graduate college Quetta, Barkat Ismail Baloch. He was among the persons who primarily adopted the American Language system to be thought in Makuran, which has greatly attracted the students towards education that increasingly elevated the literacy rate in the area.