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Message of our
Beloved Chie Scout H.S.H. Prince Amyn Muhammad Aga Khan in the Scout
Rally-1986 organized by Shia Imami Ismaili Association for Scouts,
Guides, Bands & Orchestras, Karachi:
o “The
Scout Movement has always stood for noble ideas, service to the mankind
and to all levels of Society, Self Sacrifice and Hard work, Tolerance
and Respect for the Brotherhood of Man, Discipline and Self reliance.
o These
ideals are well relevant today as ever. When the development of our
Society tends all too often to lead towards diversiveness, intolerance,
dislocation and egoism, it is thus in my view important that we keep the
Scout Movement alive and fully active, that we resist any tendency to
apathy, to self satisfaction or to a failing confidence in the relevancy
and possibilities of the movement.
o The
Movement is relevant and its possibilities for playing a vital role in
the fabric of modern life remain very considerable indeed.
o Scouting
had useful part to play in modern life such as:
- Urban
activities - assistance during public functions, holidays or
celebrations, traffic control, assistance to the elderly and
handicapped, first aid, etc; and
- Rural
activities – better medical and schooling facilities, infra structures,
such as road, sewerage and fresh water, etc.
o Scouting
movement is by its ethic and nature ideally suited to play a role in
such self help projects either in initiating or helping to initiate them
or in implementing them.
o I
would urge you therefore in this direction as another means of making a
lasting and essential contribution to the Society around you all over
the Country.
o In
particular I would like to see you make every effort to assist our
Scouting and Guide Movement to become even better organized in other
parts of Pakistan.
o I
should like you to give some thoughts to improving your communications
and your exchanges with our Scouts, Guides and Bands in other parts of
the world.
o I
hope you will continue in your endeavors, seeking ever greater progress
and unity.
o I
am also, I should like to say, proud of the many National Awards and
Honours which the Association and its Units have now won up to date.
o I
urge you all to emulate these past honours and to seek to deserve more
such awards.
o Finally,
I want to tell you how pleased and proud I am with the progress that
Association and Units have made over these past years.”
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