Happy Pakistan Day :GUNS:
PAKISTAN DAY: 23RD OF MARCH
Expression of Pakistani nation's resolute determination to preserve her independence
The people of Pakistan celebrate the 23rd of March, every year, with great zeal and enthusiasm, to commemorate the most outstanding achievement of the Muslims of South Asia who passed the historic Pakistan Resolution on this day at Lahore in 1940.
Sixty-four years ago, on 23rd of March, 1940, at Muslim League's 27th session, under Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah' s dynamic leadership, Mr. A.K. Fazlul Haq moved a resolution and demanded a separate sovereign state for the Muslims in the North West and Eastern zones of the Sub- continent, where they were in majority. The resolution was seconded by Ch. Khaliq-uz-Zam and supported by several prominent leaders and members of the Muslim League party .This resolution is now called Pakistan Resolution.
The Day -23rd March -begins with thanks-giving at all mosques! throughout the country after the morning or 'Fajr' prayers. The dawn of 23rd March is greeted by 3l-gun salute in the Federal Capital and a 2l-gun salute each in the provincial capitals.
Thereafter, the national flag is hoisted on all major public and private buildings to commemorate the Muslim resolve, as expected through the Lahore Resolution, to have a separate homeland of their own where they could live in accordance with the tenets of Islam.
The Day is a public holiday and people from all walks of life participate in programmes to mark the occasion. Seminars and special functions are organized to pay homage to the Father of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and poet-philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Newspapers bring. out supplements to highlight the significance of the day, the ideals of Quaid-e-Azam and the sacrifices rendered by the people for the creation of Pakistan.
The main event of the Day, this year, was an investiture ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad where President General Pervaiz Musharaf decorated the recipients of awards -members of the armed forces as well as the civilians - for their excellence in different disciplines. Pakistan Day Parade was cancelled this year keeping in view the global developments, in particular the situation in Iraq and the deep anguish caused to the people of Pakistan.
The background of Pakistan Resolution is that in 1937, provincial autonomy was introduced in the Sub-continent under the Government of India Act, 1935. The elections of 1937 provided the Congress with a majority in six provinces, where Congress governments were formed. This led to the political, social, economic and cultural suppression of the Muslims in the Congress ruled provinces.
The Congress contemptuously rejected the Muslim League's offer of forming coalition ministries. The Muslims were subjected not only to physical attacks but injustice and discriminatory treatment as regards civil liberties, economic measures and employment and educational opportunities. The Congress Ministries introduced the Wardha scheme of education, the object of which was to de- Muslimise the Muslim youth and children.
According to British historian Reginald Coupland. "It was not only the Working Committee's control of the Congress Ministries that showed that a' Congress Raj , had been established. It was betrayed by the conduct and bearing of Congressmen. ..Many of them behaved as if they were a ruling caste, as if they owned the country ."
Mr. Ian Stephens, former editor of the newspaper' Statesman ' and an eyewitness to the working of the Congress Ministries, says: "The effect of this simultaneously on many Muslim minds was of a lightning flash. What had before been but guessed at now leapt forth in horridly clear outline. The Congress, a Hindi-dominated body, was bent on the eventual absorption; Westem-style majority rult?, in an undivided sub- continent, could only mean the smaller community being swallowed by the larger."
The animosity shown by the Hindus to the Muslim and their own experience of two-and-a-half year Congress rule strengthened the Muslims belief in their separate Nationality .The discriminatory attitude coupled with attempts by the Hindu dominated Congress to suppress the Muslims impelled the Muslims to finally demand a separate sovereign state for the Muslims.
The birth of Pakistan: Mr. M. A. Jinnah, Governor General designate,
Muslims led to the with Lord Mountbatten, followed by Miss Jinnah and Lady Mountbatten, Karachi, 14th August, 1947
However, the Muslim demand was violently opposed both by the British and the Hindus; and the Congress attitude towards the Muslims led to the hardening of the Muslims belief that only a separate homeland -Pakistan -can guarantee their freedom. This demand was put in black and white on 23rd March, 1940.
After adoption of the Pakistan Resolution, Quaid-e-Azam had a clear objective before him and he struggled hard to achieve it. In one of the meetings, he said: "We are a Nation of a hundred million and what is more, we are a Nation with our distinct culture and civilization, language and literature, art and architecture, legal laws and moral codes, customs and calendar, history and traditions, aptitudes and ambitions. In short, as Muslims we have our own distinctive outlook on life". He further said that by all cannons of international laws, we are a nation.
In 1945, Quaid-e-Azam proclaimed that only Muslim League represented the Muslims, and proved it to the hilt during 1946 polls, winning 100 per cent seats at the Centre, and 80 per cent in the provinces. Nothing could have been more conclusive to shatter the Congress claim of being a national body. If the British had read the writing on the wall in this verdict, Pakistan could have come into existence two years earlier without bloodshed.
With his charismatic personal Quaid-e-Azam turned the dream of a separate homeland into reality on 14th of August 1947. Ins of severe opposition, establishment of Pakistan, in such a short span of seven year surely an extra-ordinary achievement, which has no m in history.
On the eve of his departure Karachi from Delhi on August, 1947, Quaid-e-Azam a message to Hindustan, implored "The past must be buried and let us start afresh as two independent sovereign States of Hindustan and Pakistan. I wish Hindustan prosperity and peace."
Even in his post-partition statements, the Quaid-e-Azam envisaged a relationship of peaceful co-existence with India. But, the eruption of war in Kashmir in 1947 created acrimony between India and Pakistan, which became more acute with the passage of time. While Pakistan has throughout been supporting a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute, the Indian obstinacy led to three wars and scores of clashes, peace initiative took him to Agra. Kashmir problem is resolved to bedeviling the relations between Even after the failure of Agra the satisfaction of the parties to both the neighbouring countries.
Pakistan's present leadership continues to subscribe to the policy of peaceful resolution of all disputes with India. Enumerating Pakistan' s foreign policy parameters on 23rd June, 2000, General Pervez Musharraf stated: The war should be avoided through a potent deterrence and diplomacy, engaging India on the issue of Kashmir for bringing permanent peace in the region without compromising on sovereignty.
President Pervez Musharraf's peace initiative took him to Agra. Even after the failure of Agra talks, he continued to persistently pursue his policy of peaceful resolution of all disputes with India. Reciprocating Pakistan President's gesture, Indian Prime Minister Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, during his visit to Srinagar in April last year, extended his hand of friendship towards Pakistan. A meeting between the two leaders, on the sidelines of SAARC Summit in Islamabad early this year, led to a barrage of confidence-building measures and Secretary-level talks.
Now there is need to ensure a quick forward movement to resolve the long simmering Kashmir dispute, which has been the main irritant and the bone of contention between.
India and Pakistan. All contentious issues between the two countries would be automatically settled if the Kashmir problem is resolved to the satisfaction of the parties to the dispute.
In short, the commemoration of 23rd March is an expression of the whole nation's resolute determination to preserve her independence and the Day's celebrations are a reflection of this.
http://www.infopak.gov.pk/14august/pakista...rd_of_march.htm
PAKISTAN DAY: 23RD OF MARCH
Expression of Pakistani nation's resolute determination to preserve her independence
The people of Pakistan celebrate the 23rd of March, every year, with great zeal and enthusiasm, to commemorate the most outstanding achievement of the Muslims of South Asia who passed the historic Pakistan Resolution on this day at Lahore in 1940.
Sixty-four years ago, on 23rd of March, 1940, at Muslim League's 27th session, under Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah' s dynamic leadership, Mr. A.K. Fazlul Haq moved a resolution and demanded a separate sovereign state for the Muslims in the North West and Eastern zones of the Sub- continent, where they were in majority. The resolution was seconded by Ch. Khaliq-uz-Zam and supported by several prominent leaders and members of the Muslim League party .This resolution is now called Pakistan Resolution.
The Day -23rd March -begins with thanks-giving at all mosques! throughout the country after the morning or 'Fajr' prayers. The dawn of 23rd March is greeted by 3l-gun salute in the Federal Capital and a 2l-gun salute each in the provincial capitals.
Thereafter, the national flag is hoisted on all major public and private buildings to commemorate the Muslim resolve, as expected through the Lahore Resolution, to have a separate homeland of their own where they could live in accordance with the tenets of Islam.
The Day is a public holiday and people from all walks of life participate in programmes to mark the occasion. Seminars and special functions are organized to pay homage to the Father of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and poet-philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Newspapers bring. out supplements to highlight the significance of the day, the ideals of Quaid-e-Azam and the sacrifices rendered by the people for the creation of Pakistan.
The main event of the Day, this year, was an investiture ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad where President General Pervaiz Musharaf decorated the recipients of awards -members of the armed forces as well as the civilians - for their excellence in different disciplines. Pakistan Day Parade was cancelled this year keeping in view the global developments, in particular the situation in Iraq and the deep anguish caused to the people of Pakistan.
The background of Pakistan Resolution is that in 1937, provincial autonomy was introduced in the Sub-continent under the Government of India Act, 1935. The elections of 1937 provided the Congress with a majority in six provinces, where Congress governments were formed. This led to the political, social, economic and cultural suppression of the Muslims in the Congress ruled provinces.
The Congress contemptuously rejected the Muslim League's offer of forming coalition ministries. The Muslims were subjected not only to physical attacks but injustice and discriminatory treatment as regards civil liberties, economic measures and employment and educational opportunities. The Congress Ministries introduced the Wardha scheme of education, the object of which was to de- Muslimise the Muslim youth and children.
According to British historian Reginald Coupland. "It was not only the Working Committee's control of the Congress Ministries that showed that a' Congress Raj , had been established. It was betrayed by the conduct and bearing of Congressmen. ..Many of them behaved as if they were a ruling caste, as if they owned the country ."
Mr. Ian Stephens, former editor of the newspaper' Statesman ' and an eyewitness to the working of the Congress Ministries, says: "The effect of this simultaneously on many Muslim minds was of a lightning flash. What had before been but guessed at now leapt forth in horridly clear outline. The Congress, a Hindi-dominated body, was bent on the eventual absorption; Westem-style majority rult?, in an undivided sub- continent, could only mean the smaller community being swallowed by the larger."
The animosity shown by the Hindus to the Muslim and their own experience of two-and-a-half year Congress rule strengthened the Muslims belief in their separate Nationality .The discriminatory attitude coupled with attempts by the Hindu dominated Congress to suppress the Muslims impelled the Muslims to finally demand a separate sovereign state for the Muslims.
The birth of Pakistan: Mr. M. A. Jinnah, Governor General designate,
Muslims led to the with Lord Mountbatten, followed by Miss Jinnah and Lady Mountbatten, Karachi, 14th August, 1947
However, the Muslim demand was violently opposed both by the British and the Hindus; and the Congress attitude towards the Muslims led to the hardening of the Muslims belief that only a separate homeland -Pakistan -can guarantee their freedom. This demand was put in black and white on 23rd March, 1940.
After adoption of the Pakistan Resolution, Quaid-e-Azam had a clear objective before him and he struggled hard to achieve it. In one of the meetings, he said: "We are a Nation of a hundred million and what is more, we are a Nation with our distinct culture and civilization, language and literature, art and architecture, legal laws and moral codes, customs and calendar, history and traditions, aptitudes and ambitions. In short, as Muslims we have our own distinctive outlook on life". He further said that by all cannons of international laws, we are a nation.
In 1945, Quaid-e-Azam proclaimed that only Muslim League represented the Muslims, and proved it to the hilt during 1946 polls, winning 100 per cent seats at the Centre, and 80 per cent in the provinces. Nothing could have been more conclusive to shatter the Congress claim of being a national body. If the British had read the writing on the wall in this verdict, Pakistan could have come into existence two years earlier without bloodshed.
With his charismatic personal Quaid-e-Azam turned the dream of a separate homeland into reality on 14th of August 1947. Ins of severe opposition, establishment of Pakistan, in such a short span of seven year surely an extra-ordinary achievement, which has no m in history.
On the eve of his departure Karachi from Delhi on August, 1947, Quaid-e-Azam a message to Hindustan, implored "The past must be buried and let us start afresh as two independent sovereign States of Hindustan and Pakistan. I wish Hindustan prosperity and peace."
Even in his post-partition statements, the Quaid-e-Azam envisaged a relationship of peaceful co-existence with India. But, the eruption of war in Kashmir in 1947 created acrimony between India and Pakistan, which became more acute with the passage of time. While Pakistan has throughout been supporting a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute, the Indian obstinacy led to three wars and scores of clashes, peace initiative took him to Agra. Kashmir problem is resolved to bedeviling the relations between Even after the failure of Agra the satisfaction of the parties to both the neighbouring countries.
Pakistan's present leadership continues to subscribe to the policy of peaceful resolution of all disputes with India. Enumerating Pakistan' s foreign policy parameters on 23rd June, 2000, General Pervez Musharraf stated: The war should be avoided through a potent deterrence and diplomacy, engaging India on the issue of Kashmir for bringing permanent peace in the region without compromising on sovereignty.
President Pervez Musharraf's peace initiative took him to Agra. Even after the failure of Agra talks, he continued to persistently pursue his policy of peaceful resolution of all disputes with India. Reciprocating Pakistan President's gesture, Indian Prime Minister Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, during his visit to Srinagar in April last year, extended his hand of friendship towards Pakistan. A meeting between the two leaders, on the sidelines of SAARC Summit in Islamabad early this year, led to a barrage of confidence-building measures and Secretary-level talks.
Now there is need to ensure a quick forward movement to resolve the long simmering Kashmir dispute, which has been the main irritant and the bone of contention between.
India and Pakistan. All contentious issues between the two countries would be automatically settled if the Kashmir problem is resolved to the satisfaction of the parties to the dispute.
In short, the commemoration of 23rd March is an expression of the whole nation's resolute determination to preserve her independence and the Day's celebrations are a reflection of this.
http://www.infopak.gov.pk/14august/pakista...rd_of_march.htm
Long Live Pakistan 
