If Jinnah could see Pakistan today, what would he say?

[Imad.Khan]

The rampant injustice, growing poverty, intolerant people, non-functioning institutions, and corrupt leaders at the realm. Jinnah will be ashamed of the Pakistan of today.

 

[Khan_21]

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If Jinnah could see Pakistan today, what would he say?
By Shakir Lakhani Published: August 20, 2017


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The magnitude of corruption would have shocked him. PHOTO: AFP

If Muhammad Ali Jinnah came back from the grave and saw the sorry state of the country he had created, what would he say?

He would be shocked to see that the Pakistan of 1947 had been broken into two, with East Pakistan (where his beloved Muslim League was founded) no longer a part of Pakistan.

He would see a country on the brink of an economic collapse, with the dollar (which was equal to the rupee in value in 1947) now worth Rs107.

He would see fruits and other edibles from New Zealand and other countries selling at prices beyond the reach of the common man in a land which once had the potential of being the granary of Asia.

He would see an innocent nine-year-old child killed by vehicles in a large rally led by a discredited politician. Moreover, he would see the poor victim being labelled a “martyr” for democracy by the heartless beasts who were responsible for his death.

He would be amazed to hear calls for putting the Constitution under abeyance, he who was the greatest constitutional lawyer of his times.

The magnitude of corruption would have shocked him, as he had said time and again that it was necessary to eliminate corruption for the new country to progress.

He would be shocked to see the hooliganism of the rowdy and undisciplined lawyers who attack judges.

He would be appalled to see the poverty of millions of Pakistanis who do not earn enough to feed their families and who desperately try to survive on less than a hundred rupees a day.

It would break his heart to see the state of our schools, where most teachers are absent except on the days when they turn up to collect their salaries.

And he would be filled with horror at the state of our hospitals, with the poor waiting in long lines to be attended to by ill-trained doctors, while our corrupt leaders rush abroad to get treated for the slightest of ailments.

He would see the huge palaces and mansions of the rich and the corrupt, but with beggars streaming our streets and roads, and he would be filled with despair.

He would see that those who opposed the creation of Pakistan (and who called him “Kafir-e-Azam”) are now the guardians of its ideology (as defined by them). As a result, intolerance is so high that even he would not be considered by such people to be a Muslim.

He would see Christians and other minorities being routinely charged with blasphemy (and being burnt alive). He would see Muslims being killed because their beliefs are different from those of their killers, who believe that only they are true Muslims.

He would remember what he had told the citizens of the country he had created:

“You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed—that has nothing to do with the business of the state.”

He would see girls as young as 11-years-old being married off to men old enough to be their grandfathers. The jirga system, the punishment of women for the sins of their male relatives, helpless women being stripped naked, gang-raped and made to walk in public would have shocked him to no end.

He would see rampant loot and plunder of the country, with shameless members of provincial ruling parties passing legislations to prevent the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from investigating their corruption.

And he would see the city of his birth (Karachi) sinking under heaps of garbage and its residents being slowly poisoned by air and water pollution.

And Jinnah would have wept because present-day Pakistan is so utterly and so horribly different from the country he had wanted it to be.

What will gandhi think if he sees todays intolerant India or what will Sheikh Mujeeb think if he sees Bangladesh being a satellite state of India?

Pakistan in 2017 has been in best shape since decades in alot of things .

 

[shahbaz baig]

he would say Pakistan ka Allah hafiz....
we have been divided into different languages, Political Parties

sorry my dear we are not Pakistani first. first we support Political party then language and in last Pakistan. and that's a bitter truth whether you deny or not, you cant change this truth.

our heritage, soul are fulfilled by corruption and it does not matter either you are educated or not. your heritage will force you to support the corrupt because it's in your blood now.

 

[xyxmt]

he wouldnt believe how much Pakistan has developed, from a country cavred out of most depressed parts of India, with almost no industry and no infra...to this modern looking Pakistan...envy of other south Asian countries

 

[Kompromat]

He would have applauded us for keep on trying.

 

[The Diplomat]

Jinnah would have been pleased that pakistan is finally a democracy...after years of military rule.

Why do you Indians care so much about if Pakistan is under democracy or Marshal Law?

 

[StandForInsaf]

If Pakistan would have progressed according to jinnah's vision it would be world leader by now.

 

[Politico]

he would cry that my family if they remained in pakistan had 2 sign a sick declaration to get a pakistani passport and yet my forefathers were so important in the creation of pakistan

 

[Rollno21]

Dint he say he made a mistake before his death.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

He would be on the whole be positvely surprised of how his "moth eaten Pakistan" has progressed, Not sure if he would be happy about the pseudo-religousity that has taken root though where everybody pretends to be better Muslim then the next.

 

[Syed1.]

Jinnah shahab is probably rolling around in his grave already no need to further his misery by bringing him back from the dead.

 

[Dark-Destroyer]

What will gandhi think if he sees todays intolerant India or what will Sheikh Mujeeb think if he sees Bangladesh being a satellite state of India?

Pakistan in 2017 has been in best shape since decades in alot of things .

I don't this mujeeb would be disatisfied by that I think that was the game plan the whole time

 

[!eon]

If Jinnah comes back today:

PPPP would take him as leader of MQM
MQM would take him as threat to London leadership & try to kill him and place his body in sack
PML-N would call him creator of SAZISH against Shareefs
Moulvi Fazal ur Rahman would declare him YAHUDI KA AGENT
Imran Khan would see him as hurdle in his way to PM house & accuse him of Dandhli and give dharna in front of his house
Army Generals would not give him certificate of loyalty and would be declared a traitor
Pakistani police would arrest him in charge of buffalo theft

Eventually he would die of heart attack

 

[Reichsmarschall]

Dint he say he made a mistake before his death.

no he never said that

 

[Mr.Cringeworth]

Probably he would lament at the unavailability of good cigarettes in the markets.

what are you talking about?, we have the best quality cigarettes here.