Muhammad
Ali Jinnah was born at Karachi on December 25, 1876.The
founder of Pakistan and the father of the Nation,
Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was one of the greatest
statesmen and certainly the most outstanding leader
of the Muslims in the subcontinent.
He was admitted to bar in England and then he returned
to India and became an active supporter of The Indian
National Congress. In 1913, he joined the Muslim League.
In 1916, he was elected the president of the Muslim
League, he was re-elected to this post again in 1920.
He played an important role in bringing about the Lucknow
Pact of 1916. In the Lucknow Pact, the Congress agreed
to ensure a separate electorate for the muslim community.
He resigned from the Congress in 1930 and channelised
all his efforts towards the ends of the Muslim League.
Quaid-e-Azam returned from England in 1934, and galvanised
the Muslim League into a most dynamic organisation.
"We are a nation" he asserted, "with our own distinctive
culture and civilisation, language and literature, art
and architecture, names and nomenclature, sense of value
and proportion, legal laws and moral codes, customs
and calendar, history and tradition, aptitude and ambitions;
in short, we have our own distinctive outlook on life
and of life. By all canons of international law we are
a nation".
He headed the Muslim League and struggled until the
creation of the Independent Pakistan. He was appointed
the first Governor general of Pakistan.
Famous Quaid-e-Azam Sayings are:
"We
are Muslims believe in one Allah, one Prophet (peace
be upon him) and one Quran. So it is also essential
for us to be one nation because strength lies in unity.
Pakistan will break into pieces if we consider ourselves
as Punjabis, Sindhis, etc. first and then Muslims and
Pakistanis. We all are now Pakistanis, not Balochis,
not Pathans, not Sindhis, not Punjabis."
"Whatever
we feel or do should be only as Pakistanis. Everybody
should love his village, his town and his city and should
work hard for its development. However, it is more important
to love our country than our city or town. We should
work much harder for the sake of our country.
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