Jinnah was a pioneer, he had a vision.
Ok. Lets really discuss this. I strongly disagree with that assessment. There are leaders who can rile up the masses and there are visionaries who are good leaders but can or cannot rile up the masses. Jinnah and Gandhi are in the same boat, IMHO. Both were very good politicians and good leaders. But they lacked vision, a foresight.
In India the visionaries were Nehru, Patel and others who crafted the policies which are reaping benefits for the nation even today. Unfortunately for Pakistan, there were no visionaries to nurture the state after Jinnah- the politician- got what he wanted. Hence it is but unfortunate that you people want to believe in Jinnah the visionary for the lack of true visionaries then. All the subsequent leaders that Pakistan had or has are more like 'reactionaries' -reacting to events rather than visionaries - influencing events.
As for that what we could not achieve, it was in part our failing and the rest can be attributed to global interests and geo-politics.
Again, India too was created at the same time. India withstood against all those vested global interests and yet thrived. Why couldnt Pakistan do the same? Answer- lack of visionaries like I mentioned before.
You might argue that Jinnah passed away quite early after Pakistan was created. So did Gandhi. But we had other visionaries who understood what India was and paved a path for its development. Those are the real visionaries. Not Gandhi. And definitely NOT Jinnah.
If you reckon that the Taliban beheading their Sikh hostages(2009) is Pakistan's failing as a state(as it was made out to be) then, sorry as I am about issue, I would very humbly disagree with your assessment.
we are neither talking about terrorists nor religious riots. We are talking about officially sanctioned discrimination here. Like for eg, Ahmedis/Ismailis who are constitutionally barred as calling themselves as Muslims. Explain THAT. Who gives one the right to discriminate as such?
The Markaz-e-Dawoodia(Centre for Davidians), a Jewish Community Centre is based in Blue Area Islamabad, the centre of all trade activities in Islamabad, it has a huge church right across the road from it and the particular road is a popular avenue for protest rallies however, not ONCE has any of the two been breached by any protester, damage is an all together different game.
Something right in the middle of Islamabad, a trade center and you think security would be lax for protestors to simply enter and protest? Its not that rosy as you want us to believe.
So we did not fail Jinnah, we just haven't fulfilled his dream YET.
Jinnah's dream was fulfilled when Pakistan was created - based on separation of the sub-continent's Muslims from the majority Hindus. Again, IMHO, there was no other dream that Jinnah harbored. That speech he gave in the assembly about secularism is simply too good to believe and goes against the very reason for creation of Pakistan.
Do not delude yourselves in to believing that Jinnah had a dream for Pakistan. There was none. There still is none.
ps: This is my personal opinion. Contradict me for a worthwhile discussion.
