LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday warned of the negative impacts of using internet and blamed it for rising sex crimes.

Addressing Punjab Education Convention here, the prime minister said Pakistani society had always given huge respect to the womenfolk which was unimaginable.

Referring to the incident at Minar-e-Pakistan, he said that he felt ashamed and pained to witness such unpleasant incidents.

The prime minister underlined the need that it was prerequisite for them to train children and make them fully acquainted with the Seerat-e-Nabi (PBUH).

He said the world had high esteem for the distinct characteristics of the Holy Prophet’s (PBH) character and life. “He was a sadiq and ameen and the whole world respected him,” he added.

He said that integrity and honesty were the hallmarks of a true leadership and stressed upon the need of making the young generations acquainted with the Seerat of Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him).

He said that besides, imparting quality education to the young people with the use of modern technology, it was imperative to guide and educate them about the supreme qualities of Seerat-e-Nabi (PBUH) for their character building.

The prime minister regretted that the past rulers never laid emphasis upon education sector as it was not their priority. “No one ever thought of one curriculum in the country,” he added.

The prime minister said that the English medium education system introduced in the country by the British rulers had alienated the students from their basic culture.

After independence, they should have worked on the education system with one curriculum, but they ended in three parallel education systems in the country ie; the religious seminaries, English medium and government owned schooling.

“In the past, best intellectuals had been groomed in the government owned schools, but later, the system waned and the private sector thrived making us servants of an alien culture,” he observed.

Lauding efforts of the Punjab government and the provincial education minister, he said that though they had been undertaking huge work in the province, but it was not properly projected.

The reason for not doing it, might be that the provincial government did not want to publicize its good deeds when compared with the previous government which even went for wide publication of its negligible work.

Terming it as ‘a turning point’ the prime minister said these reforms would take time to yield results.

The prime minister said the English language should not be made a status symbol and expressed his displeasure at conducting official functions in English language as majority of commoners who watched Tv did not understand it.

In parliament, he said, speeches had been made in English language to impress the people.

“It should be used as medium for getting higher education. Mother tongue is the best medium for imparting education to the children which is helpful in their understanding,” he observed.

The prime minister also observed that with the use of modern technology, different issues like corruption and wastage of resources could be overcome.

The prime minister said in the past, no focus was made on the construction of dams for generation of cheap and clean power as no one ever thought of the future generations.

Expensive power generation was made on costly fuels, he said, adding that forests were destroyed.

He also stressed upon the significance of his government’s 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project which had been launched for securing the future of coming generations.

Provincial Minister for Education Murad Raas gave an overview of the steps taken for the promotion of education in the province.