"Ibteda hai Rabb-e-Jaleel ke mubarak naam se, jo dilon ke bhed khoob jaanta hai! Dekhti aankhon, sunte kaano, aapko Tariq Aziz ka salaam pahunche! Is waqar ko barqarar rakhte hue, is mehfil ki raunaq aur ilm o mantiq ki is pur-azmat dunya ki bag-dor ab main Nadeem Abdullah ke hawale karta hoon. Umeed hai ke ye safar, ye silsila aur ye dosti isi tarah qayam rahegi. To zor-dar taliyon mein istaqbal kijiye... Nadeem Abdullah ka!"