Happy Republic Day

[Neo]

Happy Republic Day!​

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The first brick in the foundation of Pakistan was laid in 712 A.D. when Mohammad Bin Qasim anchored at Debal Port (now known as Karachi), freed the Muslim women and children from the prisons of Raja Dahir and constructed the first mosque at the town. Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the Founder of Pakistan, acclaimed the event- "the Pakistan Movement started when the first Muslim put his foot on the soil of Sindh, the Gateway of Islam in India."

Pakistan Movement is synonymous with the very spirit of Islam. The War of Independence in 1857 was an open manifestation of the Muslim spirit of revolt against the domination of the British Government and its stooges in India. Frustration and lack of direction, however, pervaded the rank of Muslims after the unfortunate failure in the War. At this critical juncture emerged Sir Syed Abroad Khan who served as a beacon light for the Muslim Nation in distress and disarray. He equated education with power and declared that the Muslims could improve their political, social and economic condition only through the medium of modem and scientific education. He cultivated the concept of a separate Muslim Nation on the basis of religion, culture and history .He inspired the Muslims of the sub-continent to demand a separate homeland where they could arrange their lives and affairs of the State according to the dictates of Holy Quran and Sunnah.

After the establishment of the Indian National Congress in 1885, the Muslim leaders saw through the game of "National" movement and warned their people of the hovering dangers. In 1906, the Muslim League was founded as a challenge to the Indian National Congress. Maulana Hasrat Mohani presented a plan to the Government for the country envisaging two separate states for the Hindus and Muslims. Chaudhary Rehmat Ali further developed this concept. He displayed great wisdom and foresight by putting forth not only a name but in large measure the scheme that culminated in the creation of Pakistan. Maulana Mohamed Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Maulana Zafar Ali Khan spread the message of Pakistan through their lucid lectures and articles in newspapers.

The most outstanding contribution, however, came from Dr. Sir Mohammad Iqbal, the great philosopher and poet and the symbol of Muslim nationalism. Pakistan ideology found ever-clearer expression in his religion-philosophical, didactic and poetic works. At its base was the idea that spiritual unit founded on Islam was the most vital and integral element of national society. Islam emerges in this ideology as a form of National unity and absorbs all political thoughts. While presiding over the Session of the All India Muslim League at Allahabad in 1930, Dr. Iqbal's Address represented the first clarion call for the establishment of an independent Islamic State in the sub- continent.

From 1937 onwards, Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah became identified in the Muslim mind with the concept of the charismatic community, the concept which answered their psychic need for endowing and sanctifying their sense of community with a sense of power. Increasingly did he become, with the passage of time. the embodiment of Muslim national consensus. And this explains why and how Muslims acknowledged him as their 'Quaid-e-Azam' even before the launching of the Pakistan demand in March 1940. From now on events moved fast. Due to the persistent intransigence of the Indian National Congress, the Muslims were left with no alternative but to demand the partition of the Sub-continent through the famous Resolution of 23rd March 1940. It declared that no constitutional plan would be workable in the country or acceptable to the Muslims unless it was designed on the basic principle that geographically contiguous units were demarcated into regions in a manner that the areas in which the Muslims were numerically in a majority were grouped together to constitute an independent state.

After a hard and heroic struggle by the Muslims of the sub- continent, the British Parliament was forced to approve the Indian Independence Act, 1947 leading to the birth of Pakistan on 14th August. 1947. On this historic day the Quaid-e-Azam, while addressing the first session of Constituent Assembly of Pakistan in Karachi eulogised the services and sacrifices of the Muslims of the Sub-continent to achieve Pakistan, in the following words:-

"My thoughts are with the valiant fighters in our cause who readily sacrificed all they had, including their live,. To make Pakistan Possible.”

Thus the response of the millions, sacrificing their lives and homes, to the call of "UNITY, FAITH and DISCIPLINE" from their Quaid-e-Azam fitfully placed Pakistan on the world map.

Quaid-e-Azam was a great man and a great Muslim. He vehemently advocated morality in politics. He declared that morality in politics was even more important than in private life "because,' if you do something wrong in public you hurt and harm more people".

Let us endeavour to achieve the objective laid down by the Quaid in his broadcast to the Nation on 3Oth October 1947.

"Now is the time, chance and opportunity for every Mussalman to make his or her fullest and best contribution and make the greatest sacrifice and
work ceaselessly in the service of our Nation and world."

 

[Neo]

March 23, 1940: The Lahore Resolution ​

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"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."

FROM March 22 to March 24, 1940, the All India Muslim League held its annual session at Minto Park, Lahore. This session proved to be historical.

On the first day of the session, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah narrated the events of the last few months. In an extempore speech he presented his own solution of the Muslim problem. He said that the problem of India was not of an inter-communal nature, but manifestly an international one and must be treated as such.

To him the differences between Hindus and the Muslims were so great and so sharp that their union under one central government was full of serious risks. They belonged to two separate and distinct nations and therefore the only chance open was to allow them to have separate states.

In the words of Quaid-i-Azam: "Hindus and the Muslims belong to two different religions, philosophies, social customs and literature. They neither inter-marry nor inter-dine and, indeed, they belong to two different civilizations that are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions. Their concepts on life and of life are different. It is quite clear that Hindus and Muslims derive their inspiration from different sources of history. They have different epics, different heroes and different episodes. Very often the hero of one is a foe of the other, and likewise, their victories and defeats overlap. To yoke together two such nations under a single state, one as a numerical minority and the other as a majority, must lead to growing discontent and final destruction of any fabric that may be so built up for the government of such a state".

He further said, "Mussalmans are a nation according to any definition of nation. We wish our people to develop to the fullest spiritual, cultural, economic, social and political life in a way that we think best and in consonance with our own ideals and according to the genius of our people".

On the basis of the above mentioned ideas of the Quaid, A. K. Fazl-ul-Haq, the then Chief Minister of Bengal, moved the historical resolution which has since come to be known as Lahore Resolution or Pakistan Resolution.

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The Resolution declared: "No constitutional plan would be workable or acceptable to the Muslims unless geographical contiguous units are demarcated into regions which should be so constituted with such territorial readjustments as may be necessary. That the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in majority as in the North-Western and Eastern zones of India should be grouped to constitute independent states in which the constituent units shall be autonomous and sovereign".

It further reads, "That adequate, effective and mandatory safeguards shall be specifically provided in the constitution for minorities in the units and in the regions for the protection of their religious, cultural, economic, political, administrative and other rights of the minorities, with their consultation. Arrangements thus should be made for the security of Muslims where they were in a minority".

The Resolution repudiated the concept of United India and recommended the creation of an independent Muslim state consisting of Punjab, N. W. F. P., Sindh and Baluchistan in the northwest, and Bengal and Assam in the northeast.

The Resolution was seconded by Maulana Zafar Ali Khan from Punjab, Sardar Aurangzeb from the N. W. F. P., Sir Abdullah Haroon from Sindh, and Qazi Esa from Baluchistan, along with many others.

The Resolution was passed on March 24. It laid down only the principles, with the details left to be worked out at a future date. It was made a part of the All India Muslim League's constitution in 1941. It was on the basis of this resolution that in 1946 the Muslim League decided to go for one state for the Muslims, instead of two.

Having passed the Pakistan Resolution, the Muslims of India changed their ultimate goal. Instead of seeking alliance with the Hindu community, they set out on a path whose destination was a separate homeland for the Muslims of India--with a great name of Pakistan.

Perspective

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.

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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.

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.

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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, the ex-Indian Prime Minister 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.●

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Happy Republic Day!

 

[Neo]

Pakistan Day being observed ​

LAHORE (March 23, 2009): Pakistan Day, marking the passing of historic Pakistan Resolution that proved a milestone in the nations quest for independence from colonial rule, is being celebrated on Monday with a renewed pledge to make all-out efforts for peace, prosperity and development of the country in accordance with ideas of the Founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

The day started with 31-gun salute in the federal capital and 21-gun salutes in all the provincial capitals. After Fajr prayers, special prayers offered for the integrity, solidarity and prosperity of the country, unity of Muslim Ummah and the wellbeing of the people.

Pakistan Day Resolution served as the seed for the plant that was to sprout on 14th August 1947 and grow into a great tree that it is today. The day reminds the people of the exciting and momentous times when the Muslims of the subcontinent rallied around the dynamic personality of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and under his inspiring leadership resolved to carve out for themselves an independent and sovereign country.

The government has already declared Monday as public holiday while the national flag is being hoisted at all principal public and private buildings.

The important feature of the day will be investiture ceremonies to be held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr and all the four provincial capitals in which awards will be given to outstanding civil and military personalities in recognition of their meritorious services.

Seminars and functions will be organised to pay homage to the Father of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and poet-philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Speakers will highlight the sacrifices rendered by the people for the creation of a separate homeland for South Asian Muslims.

 

[TOPGUN]

My salute to the nation with my out most love and respect may Allah bless our nation and take us out of evils way GOD bless Pakistan!!

 

[ajpirzada]

happy republic day

may Allah show us the right path make us work for the betterment of whole mankind and in particular muslim ummah

i was goin through the text of pakistan resolution and wat i wanted to confirm was:
was bangladesh seen as part of Pakistan in 1940's resolution??

No constitutional plan would be workable or acceptable to the Muslims unless geographical contiguous units are demarcated into regions which should be so constituted with such territorial readjustments as may be necessary. That the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in majority as in the North-Western and Eastern zones of India should be grouped to constitute independent states in which the constituent units shall be autonomous and sovereign

 

[ajpirzada]

do u guys know today is also a day when we became first islamic republic in the world. year was 1956

 

[Trooper]

Happy republic day !! Pakistan Zindabad..!

 

[PakmanUSA]

Thanks for the history. God bless you all and the Nation of Pakistan.

 

[leonblack08]

Wishing a very happy Republic Day to all the Pakistani Brothers!

 

[genmirajborgza786]

"HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY" !


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[Beskar]

For me, it'll always be "Taees March" instead of Republic day. Taees march mubarik ho sab ko

 

[Chanakyaa]

Best Wishes To All Pakistani Members on this Occasion.

 

[Neo]

Pakistan Day throws up many questions​

ARTICLE (March 25 2009): That Pakistan Day 2009 was within an obvious context of cheer and celebration to say the least. It does not diminish the fact that the overall political and economic picture is worrying, and still more vulnerable. That is, if one is able to perceive the fault lines that lie within todays Pakistan.

I write this column on Monday night when the official and unofficial festivities, conventional and otherwise, have come to an end, and it is both noticeable and significant that questions and perceptions about the future of the country have been integral to the Pakistan Day.

What is the future of the country? What are the positive and the negative attributes of this country that is now 61 years old, and still unable to stand on its own feet? This has been contemplated in many ways. Within the hearts of Pakistanis there are fears, and there is cynicism, the recent winds of change notwithstanding.

The mention of Pakistan Day is only in passing, it is the future of Pakistan that is upper most in the mind. Questions and contentions that the countrys present position is "similar to those erupting this day in 1971" are heard more than ever before. Possibly a foremost consideration and a primary goal is to make the country strong, politically and economically, where justice is easily available to the common man.

Indeed the emphasis is on justice, especially on awareness that this is agonisingly and humiliatingly missing from the system that we have, is something that the two-year long lawyers movement for an independent, fair judiciary has brought into the lives of Pakistanis. What this lawyers struggle and the subsequent Long March have achieved will be discussed and debated for some time to determine its impact on the peoples psyche.

Will this change peoples attitude not just with regard to justice in the courts, but also justice and fair play, in real life? Will there be a realisation that ethical values matter in life? And that a moral code is also an essential and integral part of human existence.

Will it begin to be appreciated, by this society that, for instance, work and hard work are indispensable to a better quality of life? That lip service to merit and merit alone are eroding the foundations of this society. That obviously means that Pakistani institutions that should eventually create and consolidate impersonal systems, are failing to do so.

Why is this happening? A very precious insight appears to be available in last weeks Sindh Assemblys three hour long discussion on various public issues "including employees attendance, change of alphabetical order of the Sindhi language, as well as statistics of cinemas and public transport in Sindh".

The subject of employees attendance is one that enables one to reflect on the attitude to work as well as quality of work as experienced in the private and the public sector. That there is much to be desired when it comes to officers and non-officers, in the private and the public sector is something that is obvious.

For all the technology that has entered Pakistani society, it is probably certain that it has not improved attitudes to work, and attitudes to the office attendance. The general attitude is to work is that employees should shirk responsibility, and officers should make hay while the sun shines? And there are countless ways on how to go about it. One popular way is to connive -- to join hands and the rest follows.

The Sindh Assembly, unanimously adopted a resolution and recommended to the Sindh Government that the biometric and electronic card systems should be introduced to ensure the punctuality of government officials. On the face of it, it is good news. Very welcome! What bureaucracy in Sindh has to say about it, remains to be seen. The resolution was moved by a member of the Assembly Sharjeel Memon (Tharparkar).

It was originally a draft resolution and it is reported that Sindh Minister Murad Shah made some corrections, It was also proposed that there should be a control room in the Chief Secretarys office which would keep an eye on when Sindh government officials come to work.

The MPA said that the biometric system could scan the employees service identity cards or thumb impressions and that would enable the office timings (entry and exit movements presumably) into account.

The philosophy behind moving this resolution was that there was an urgent need to mitigate pubic grievances for whose redressal they had to wait for long hours outside the offices of the Sindh government. A reason for this was that officers and the employees did not come to work on time.

I suppose it also would take into account the fact that we have a practice in our offices whereby men and women come to work, but conveniently get away from it to attend to personal agendas. The malpractice is familiar, and I do not seek to spend time getting into details.

There is however, ingenuity and imagination on employees, especially in the public sector disappear from work, or come late and remain present all the time! In the Sindh Assembly discussion, a member from Nawabshah, Jam Tamachi suggested that the posting of efficient and diligent officers would improve punctuality and discipline, and thus the public would benefit from it.

Syed Sardar Ahmed, an MPA from MQM, welcomed the proposal and added that provincial secretaries should not leave the headquarters without the permission of the Ministers. There are some other details on the point about the introduction of the biometric system, to ensure punctuality of staff in government offices. The fact that this awareness has come is welcome and needs to be commended.

I may mention here that the media does make it a point to mention whenever the assembly session (Sindh or others) begins late. For all the depressing and discouraging signs that come out of the work culture that we have, it is truly heartening (pardon the cliché) that an institution as august as the provincial assembly has taken serious notice of a drawback that is not only rendering work schedules still more uneconomical, but is also carrying on with an unproductive work culture.

How soon will the biometric system be installed and how well will it be enabled to work is another question. Returning to the Pakistan Day 2009 theme, if Pakistan is be built strong and sovereign, and if economic prosperity has to come to the people, it cannot happen without hard work and quality on time. Indeed quality on time.

 

[Al-zakir]

I apologize for being late wisher. Very happy republic day to our Pakistani Brothers and Sisters. Many Allah bless Pakistan and its people from all evildoer.

Pakistan Paindabad...