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

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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.
who cares, he is dead now.

Do you worship Jinnah?

Jinnah was a great man, but he is not my god.

Pakistan should follow the commandments of Islam.
 
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who cares, he is dead now.

Do you worship Jinnah?

Jinnah was a great man, but he is not my god.

Pakistan should follow the commandments of Islam.

And how exactly you justify mass murderer zia according to commandments of Islam?
 
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General Zia is a national hero who stood up to the Soviets.

Zia was defending Jordan from some retarded Palestinians.

I consider him national villain, not even single retarded person deserves to die let alone mass murder of 25 thousand people , thats why he died horrible death not even a single bone of him recovered dog straight sent to hell.
 
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I consider him nation villain, not even single retarded person deserves to die let alone mass murder of 25 thousand people , thats why he died horrible death not even a single bone of him recovered dog straight sent to hell.
Really...You are just part of the liberal brigade. :lol:

General Zia did some great things for Pakistan during his reign.
 
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Really...You are just part of the liberal brigade. :lol:

General Zia did some great things for Pakistan during his reign.

Its possible that he might have done few good things but my opinion after reading facts he was pure evil , however you can refute it "if you some how justify mass murder "

i see indeed less difference in modi Hitler and zia.

In-fact modi is inferior to zia he only killed 2 thousand.
 
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Its possible that he might have done few good things but my opinion after reading facts he was pure evil , however you can refute it "if you some how justify mass murder "

i see indeed less difference in modi Hitler and zia.

In-fact modi is inferior to zia he only killed 2 thousand.
To be quite frank I dont have time for nonsense.

I see Zia as a great leader for Pakistan. He did some great things like Musharraf, and Ayub Khan.

The military dictators were always better than the democratically elected leaders.
 
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If Jinnah came now... He will say... Uss bandey ko mere paas laayein jisne ye baat mere naam se failayi ki .... "Pakistan ka matlab kya...."
 
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a do-er, not a complainer. He was a man who did things, he made something of nothing. If he was alive today he would reflect and then whatever he said first would be an instruction on how to improve and push forward.

That is the attitude all of us need. Let us fix it home by home, gali by gali, mohala by mohala.
 
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To be quite frank I dont have time for nonsense.

I see Zia as a great leader for Pakistan. He did some great things like Musharraf, and Ayub Khan.

The military dictators were always better than the democratically elected leaders.

Ayub and Mush were not involved in crime against humanity i agree to that.
 
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To be quite frank I dont have time for nonsense.

I see Zia as a great leader for Pakistan. He did some great things like Musharraf, and Ayub Khan.

The military dictators were always better than the democratically elected leaders.

There is consensus that the politicians have been bad, but even the worst politician is better than Zia who was a garbage of a man and sold the country's future for his personal gains and also set us on a path of overt religiosity and religious extreme. May he forever rot in hell.
 
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Amonsgt the things mentioned in the article, he would also probably wonder why his most closest religious allies are now ostracize and called traitors and forced out of the political system.
 
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