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For those who love Pakistan, before all else, on this day, lets reflect - Shabbir Sarwar, I think speaks for us all - witness:




Jinnah’s August 11, 1947 address and today’s Pakistan
By Shabbir Sarwar

Former minorities minister and MNA late Minocher Bhandara, popularly known as MP Bhandara, once very rightly said, “On the one hand tremendous respect is shown for the memory of the Quaid-e-Azam, but on the other hand his political thoughts are desecrated to appease religious groups.”

It will not be wrong to say that today’s Pakistan is exactly the opposite of the vision of our founding father, who dreamed of a liberal, progressive Islamic state based on the principles of justice.

Exactly 64 year ago on August 11, 1947, talking to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan following his election as the first president, Muhammad Ali Jinnah said: “The first observation that I would like to make is this: You will no doubt agree with me that the first duty of a government is to maintain law and order, so that the life, property and religious beliefs of its subjects are fully protected by the State.”

Unfortunately today’s Pakistan faces one of the most crucial problems in the form of law and order situation. International investors and businessmen have fled the country owing to frequent terrorist activities, bomb blasts and state’s inability to control law and order situation.

Quaid had said, “The second thing that occurs to me is this: One of the biggest curses from which India is suffering - I do not say that other countries are free from it, but, I think our condition is much worse - is bribery and corruption. That really is a poison. We must put that down with an iron hand and I hope that you will take adequate measures as soon as it is possible for this assembly to do so.”

Today bribery and corruption have become the parts and parcel of the state functionaries. From top to bottom all public sector departments and institutions are practicing bribery and corruption openly.

Thirdly, Jinnah said, “Black-marketing is another curse. Well, I know that black marketeers are frequently caught and punished. Judicial sentences are passed or sometimes fines only are imposed. Now you have to tackle this monster, which today is a colossal crime against society, in our distressed conditions, when we constantly face shortage of food and other essential commodities of life. A citizen who does black-marketing commits, I think, a greater crime than the biggest and most grievous of crimes. These black marketeers are really knowing, intelligent and ordinarily responsible people, and when they indulge in black-marketing, I think they ought to be very severely punished, because the entire system of control and regulation of foodstuffs and essential commodities, and cause wholesale starvation and want and even death.”

Today even during the holy month of Ramazan profiteers and black marketeers are earning big profits. The Quaid had termed this menace as a “monster” and given the task to the legislators to control this problem. Instead of taking this task, the reports of involvement of our landlord MPs in food hoarding and black-marketing are a routine.

Fourthly, our founding father said, “The next thing that strikes me is this: Here again it is a legacy which has been passed on to us. Along with many other things, good and bad, has arrived this great evil, the evil of nepotism and jobbery. I want to make it quite clear that I shall never tolerate any kind of jobbery, nepotism...”

In today’s Pakistan every other public servant has been engulfed by the corruption and giving undue favours to relatives and dear ones by the government officials has become a widely accepted phenomena.

Finally, Quaid said, “You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed that has nothing to do with the business of the State. Now I think we should keep that in front of us as our ideal and you will find that in course of time Hindus would cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims, not in the religious sense, because that is the personal faith of each individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the State.”

Today we have made the Islam as state religion. Killing of the people belonging to minorities including Christians, Hindus, Ahmadis and Shias as well as Sunnis is like honour for the people belonging to other religions and sects. Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer was assassinated just for supporting a Christian woman who was falsely being given death sentence in the pretax of blasphemy law and his killer Qadri is being treated as a hero instead of a killer. Federal Minister for Minorities and Human Rights Shahbaz Bhatti was also brutally killed.



Lets be true to the Quaid e Azam's vision of Pakistan - reflect.
 
why is there so much shia vs sunni voilence in pakistan...groups like lashkar e jhangvi what is there manifesto and what exactly is the reason of the fighting i fail to understand!!!!!!
 
why is there so much shia vs sunni voilence in pakistan...groups like lashkar e jhangvi what is there manifesto and what exactly is the reason of the fighting i fail to understand!!!!!!

Wahabi Arabia and her not so secret war on Iran. Pakistan is a huge Sunni Muslim country and the world's second largest Shi'ah country, and a pwerhouse that does not realize that she is a powerhouse, a force for good -- but one day, it will awaken, the Quaid e Azam's Pakistan, at peace with all, within and outside - I'm confident of this eventuality --
 
why is there so much shia vs sunni voilence in pakistan...groups like lashkar e jhangvi what is there manifesto and what exactly is the reason of the fighting i fail to understand!!!!!!

again i told you no need to flame kid .these problems are taken care as you guys take care abut dalits and naxels
 
Pakistan is a phenomenon ,An incomplete revolution,We have to complete it.

General Hamid Gul
 
Cheers in NA for Quaid’s secular vision
By Raja Asghar



ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly set aside contentions for a while on Thursday to honour the memory of Quaid-i-Azam with rare cheers for what is perceived as his secular vision for Pakistan and some rhetorical vows to follow his teachings in tackling the country’s problems.

But the occasion marking what is called an historic Aug 11, 1947, address of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah to Pakistan’s first constituent assembly – three days before the formal creation of the new country at partition of the formerly British-ruled India — seemed little more than ceremony.

The house met one hour late with a sparse attendance and some lawmakers who crowded Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s desk mainly to get papers signed by him during an opposition speech had to be reminded by Speaker Fehmida Mirza to maintain order since the proceedings were being
telecast live.

The only time desk-thumping cheers from both the treasury and opposition benches rang out in the house was when the speaker, while reading out a portion of the Quaid’s speech so lawmakers “seek inspiration and guidance from his wisdom”, finished that famous paragraph often seen as his unfulfilled wish to see Pakistan as a secular state:

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

However, a couple of religious figures, including one from Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI), who were present in the house at the time seemed unimpressed and sat motionless in their seats, though JUI’s lone female member elected on a special seat for Christians from Balochistan province, Asia Nasir, joined members of other parties in desk-thumping.


But whether by design or oversight, neither the prime minister nor some other members who spoke on behalf of their parties specifically took up the theme that was greeted with cheers and that is often cited as a shield against religious parties seeking to have theocracy in Pakistan whose creation some of them had opposed during the independence movement.

Mr Gilani referred in general terms to the Quaid’s “vision of rights to all on the basis of equality” that he said “we should follow” and described the parliamentary system of government and provincial autonomy as the founder of the nation’s political concept followed also by PPP leaders Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto.

Calling for national unity, the prime minister said no single party could meet the country’s present-day challenges, adding: “If we are together, we can solve all problems, whether of law and order in Karachi, or of terrorism or economic challenges.”

“Let us resolve again today to make the country strong economically and defence-wise,
” he said and used the occasion to reiterate that Pakistan’s nuclear programme was in “safe hands” and secure from any evil eye.

PML-N parliamentary leader Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan, the main speaker from opposition benches, regretted what he called deviation from the Quaid-i-Azam’s vision by successive rulers and institutions that were under oath to protect the Constitution by imposing martial law and creating situation like the separation of former East Pakistan and the prevailing law and order situation and terrorism.

He accused the present government of failing to come up to people’s expectations in three and a half years of its existence.

It was after a mini debate on the Quaid’s ideals that the house resumed what has been an acrimonious debate for over a week on the recent wave of deadly violence in Karachi and sectarian attacks in Quetta and saw another token walkout by the government-allied ANP for the third day running to protest against a government about-face over the local government system in Sindh province to appease the Karachi-based MQM.
 
Huh ...
I am perplexed how some people like to take quotation from a man ( Jinnah) and try to make them cast in stone,
the only way forward. The Future ....

I would like to take the image of my Prophet and what Allah commands me to do, and make that my future my way forward.

Mr Muse:
Will you be able to justify the amount of loathing for Jinnah Vs that of Prophet and Allah.

I know you are not Jinnah ka Banda, you just like me are Allah ka Banda.
 
We are better of making it Jinnah ka Pakistan than confuse it with Islam ka Pakistan !

The only thing your post shows, is your lack of aptitude and rather a young age.

Try not to react because you want to react.
 
Finally, Quaid said, “You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this State of Pakistan.t.



Words without deeds are worthless. Which steps did the former ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity take to stop the riots erupted during parition and to ensure the safety of life and property of a normal non-Muslim Pakistani? Even in Sindh, which was not directly affected by the partition and its violence, the innocent Hindus were being threatened and forced to leave the country by the immigrants from India. What did he do to stop the ethnic cleansing of Hindus in Sindh, and particularly in Karachi? Didn't he see that at the speed the non-Muslims were being thrown out of the land of the pure, hardly any Hindu would be soon left in his Pakistan to go to a temple?
 
A good, balanced analysis of the situation. The writer correctly identifies the major hurdles facing Pakistan today with the implicit acknowledgement that neglecting some areas while focussing on others will not yield much results.

As for future prospects and whether there is hope in the near future, we only need to look at the political landscape.
 
The only thing your post shows, is your lack of aptitude and rather a young age.

Try not to react because you want to react.

instead of coming up with a reason you decided to get personal lol , any way it was expected

i will not bother to to react as the nut case in your avatar says a lot about your views
 
Words without deeds are worthless. Which steps did the former ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity take to stop the riots erupted during parition and to ensure the safety of life and property of a normal non-Muslim Pakistani? Even in Sindh, which was not directly affected by the partition and its violence, the innocent Hindus were being threatened and forced to leave the country by the immigrants from India. What did he do to stop the ethnic cleansing of Hindus in Sindh, and particularly in Karachi? Didn't he see that at the speed the non-Muslims were being thrown out of the land of the pure, hardly any Hindu would be soon left in his Pakistan to go to a temple?

At least do some research before typing away emotionally.

Once, on his way to a state function, he ordered his entourage to stop because he saw a Muslim mob threatening a small group of Hindus with violence. These Muslims were refugees who had lost everything in India and were venting their anger. Jinnah, against the pleading of his staff, threw himself into the mob and demanded that it desist. He declared: "I am going to constitute myself the Protector General of the Hindu minority in Pakistan."

Opinion

Jinnah had ordered harsh actions against any Muslim who attacked a Hindu after the riots broke out.

He ordered the creation of a Minorities’ Association to quickly safeguard their interests in Pakistan.

Even remarks of his opponents are worthy to be mentioned who reveal that it was at the Quaid’s instance that a Minorities’ Association was established to safeguard the interests of the minorities. On an occasion he roared, I am going to constitute myself as the Protector-General of the Hindu Minority in Pakistan. I am going to rely on your help. I am going to take no refusal.”

Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust: Ideology of Pakistan Trust

Newsline » Blog Archive » A Portable Jinnah

Even his opponents agreed that he did all that he could to save the situation.

Army officers were dispatched with soldiers to keep the situation calm and they were able to salvage an already dire situation.

Read this book from this selected page onwards to learn what most Pakistani's do not know.

Indian Muslims and partition of India - Google Books

Jinnah rarely showed emotion and he only cried when his wife Miss Ruttie died and at a Hindu refugee camp.
 
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