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Quaid-e-Azam and The Tribals






Quaid-e-Azam is addressing Tribals






Quaid-e-Azam at the Afgan Border (1935)





Quaid-e-Azam receiving a rifle from a tribal chief







Quaid-e-Azam accepting a loaf of bread from tribesmen in Khyber Agency..








As a gesture of goodwill, tribal leaders presenting a goat to the Quaid






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A newspaper report before the foundation of Pakistan when tribal delegation from Kurram fata meet Quaid e Azam in delihi.





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Develop a sound sense of discipline,Character,Initiative and a solid Academic Background.You must devote yourself whole-heartedly to your studies, for that is your first obligation to yourselves, your parents and to the State.You must learn to obey for only then you can learn to command. (Islamic College, Peshawar - 12th April, 1948)

 

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Once, in April, 1945, the Quaid visited a school in Qalat, Balochistan, with his host, Khan of Qalat. As a little boy shook hands with him, the Quaid pointed towards the Khan of Qalat and asked this boy as to he was. The boy replied, “Our king”. Next Quaid-e-Azam inquired with the little boy about himself and asked whether the boy knew him. The boy answered, “you are our king’s guest”. Finally, the Quaid asked the boy to introduce himself. The boy said,” I am a Baloch”. At this point, the Quaid gestured towards the Khan of Qalat and earnestly requested him to tell children that they were first Muslims and later the rest of the identities. Click on the following link to read more.

http://m-a-jinnah.blogspot.com/…/03/quaid-of-young-nation.h…
(In this picture: Quaid-e-Azam with a group of Quetta students)

 

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Jinnah to Quaid-e-Azam: Pakistan, Why?

 

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August 1947: Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in his last Press Conference in Delhi before leaving for Pakistan.



Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah addressing a press conference in London, 1946

 

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"A most accomplished lawyer, outstanding amongst Indian lawyers, and a fine constitutionalist." (Sir Stafford Cripps)

In this picture: Quaid-e-Azam shaking hands with Stafford Cripps at Delhi

 

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June 3rd, 1947: The Partition agreement is being discussed among three parties.
Clockwise from left: Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, Baldev Singh, Acharya Kirpalani, Vallabhai Patel, Nehru, Mountbatten, Quaid and Liaquat Ali Khan. The butcher of Gurdaspur Lord Ismay is seated at the back.

 

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The search for Jinnah's vision of Pakistan

Sixty-five years after the death of its founding father, Pakistanis are still searching for Mohammed Ali Jinnah's vision for the country - and a missing historical speech.

During much of its existence, Pakistanis have been encouraged to believe that Mr Jinnah created Pakistan in the name of Islam as a theocratic state.

Others have disagreed, arguing the founding father wanted a Muslim-majority but secular and progressive country.

The debate over the two competing and contradictory visions has intensified in recent years as the country reels from growing Islamic extremism and Taliban militancy.

At the heart of this debate are some public addresses of Mr Jinnah given around the time of the partition of India in 1947.

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The archives of state-owned broadcaster, Radio Pakistan, also contain cranky old audio recordings of most of those speeches, except for one: his address to the Constituent Assembly in the port city of Karachi on 11 August 1947, three days before the creation of Pakistan.

For liberals in Pakistan, it was a crucial speech in which Mr Jinnah spoke in the clearest possible terms of his dream that the country he was creating would be tolerant, inclusive and secular.

"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," Jinnah declared. "You may belong to any religion or caste or creed - that has nothing to do with the business of the state." ( By Shahzeb Jillani BBC News, Karachi

 

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Quaid-e-Azam with his body guards of MSF.

 

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1937: The All India Muslim Students Federation (AIMSF) is formed as the student-wing of the All India Muslim League.