RAWALPINDI: Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, in a message on Pakistan Day, has urged the nation to recapture the spirit of the Pakistan Movement ... to make Pakistan an impregnable fortress, both physically and spiritually. Given national unity and dedication to the goals of a democratic, progressive society, he said, there is a solid base for optimism that the range of our advance will be as wide as its pace will be brisk.

He said: `We are commemorating Pakistan Day today in a spirit of resolute faith in the nation`s destiny. ... The nation has shown that it is not going to succumb to divisive forces nor tolerate the cult of violence which those forces would like to let loose in Pakistan. ...

`All provinces ... are participating equally in ... economic development. ... This is not to say Pakistan has escaped the effects of global inflation and recession. The nature of our economy and the size of our resources do not permit ... insulation from a volatile situation which is causing havoc in the plans of the poorer countries. ... Let us not forget that our elders strove arduously ... under the dynamic leadership of the Quaid-i-Azam to translate a vision ... into an everlasting reality.