The nation is observing 70th death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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The nation is observing 70th death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

 

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“You will have to make up for the smallness of your size by your courage and selfless devotion to duty, for it is not life that matters, but the courage, fortitude and determination you bring to it.”

Mahmood Mirza
We have completely forgotten the messages of our Quaid. We are following new Quaid who are immersed in corruption and all malpractices. We are now a corrupt nation, and don’t mind it rather we are proud of it. May God save us from this curse. But no hope at all.

 

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Baray logun ki paidaish ki
Khushi manai jati hai, wafat nahin.

 

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Jinnah dead. Nation in mourning

 

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These words matter so much in today's era-more than ever before:

 

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The 70th death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is being observed today with due solemnity and reverence.

Prayers were held at Quaid's mausoleum in Karachi.

Sindh Governor Imran Ismail and Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah visited the mausoleum to pay respects to Jinnah.

Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar also visited Quaid's masoleum and offered prayers. Speaking to the media, Akhtar said that the great leader's vision must be taken forward.

People from different walks of life visited the mausoleum to lay floral wreaths and offer prayers.

Several public and private organizations and educational institutions held functions to highlight different aspects of the life of Quaid-e-Azam, who united the Muslims of the Subcontinent for acquiring a separate homeland.

Television channels aired special programmes to pay homage to the great leader.

 

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Ey Rahmet-li Jinnah!!! You haven't let one of most significant symbols in the Ottoman Coat of Arms, the green flag representing 14 centuries of the institution of Hilafet, fall to the ground!!! Don't know about others, but 36 Ottoman Sultans Insha'Allah will bear witness to that on the Roz-i Hashr under the "Saya-i Huda-i Zul Jelal".....

 

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A Quran Khawani was held on the grounds of Governor General House following the Quaid's funeral September 1948.

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PAKISTAN MOURNS GREAT LEADER JINNAH - Sep. 1948 - Karachi

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[Pak_88]

I remember reading this headline many, many years ago, and thinking that it was callous, and insensitive. However, I must say that I was wrong in my judgement, and that this headline perfectly embodies the Quaid's importance.

It originates from the era of kings. As per my understanding, it's origin is in an old British phrase: "The King is dead. Long live the King!".
The King was the personification of the kingdom/nation/country.
The headline shows that the Quaid e Azam was our "king". Note how they simply say "LONG LIVE PAKISTAN", rather than mentioning the next Governor General, or the PM, because after him there would be no one to take his place on that prized mantle of remarkable leadership. After him, it was only Pakistan, with which our identity is tied forever.

The Quaid.

 

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While it is heartening to see that the nation continues to honour the Founding Father and the religious parties who dubbed the Quaid as ‘Kafir e Azam’ now proudly hang his portrait in their offices; we have forgotten the Quaid’s vision as stated in his address of 11th August 1947. Now even the order of the Quaid’s motto “Unity, Faith, Discipline” has been changed to “Faith, Unity, and Discipline”.

This is also reflected by the prevailing intolerance of the minorities and the fact that illiterate mullah Khadim Hussein Rizvi can brazenly use abusive words in public without any repercussions and the bigot lal Masjid mullah can get away with justifying the APS students massacre.

The change in the order of words may not be much but it reflects the lasting influence of the Zia up Haq’s drive towards bigotry. I have a genuine fear, that after my generation; who remember early years of Pakistan dies out; bigots would turn Pakistan into something totally different from what our Quaid & the founding fathers intended.

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ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: For 58 years every Pakistani child has been taught that “Unity, Faith, Discipline” was the guiding motto that the founding father left for the nation to progress.

But now it seems that all these years the nation had got the order wrong as the motto inscribed in English and Urdu in large letters on the two sides of a hillock on the Islamabad Highway has been changed by the government to read “Faith, Unity, Discipline”.

General Ziaul Haq, perhaps the most divisive military dictator to have ruled Pakistan, had got the motto inscribed in the early 1980s. He had also given a new motto to Pakistan army “Iman, Taqwa, Jihad” as he fought the US-backed ‘jihad’ against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

Veteran politician Mahmud Ali from erstwhile East Pakistan takes credit for making the government change the order of Quaid- i-Azam’s motto.

Mr Mahmud Ali, who has been included as a minister without portfolio in almost every cabinet since the dismemberment of Quaid-i-Azam’s Pakistan in 1971, says he sent a memorandum to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz asking him to “correct the order”. The prime minister agreed and issued instructions that the historic words be rearranged in all state documents and public places.

However the prime minister was not found using the new order when he spoke to journalists, nor did President Gen Pervez Musharraf.

Mr Mahmud Ali first disclosed the so-called discrepancy in the order of words in the motto at a function on Quaid’s birth anniversary in September.

Asked by Dawn for his comments, Mr Zawwar Hussain Zaidi, head of the Quaid-i-Azam Papers project, who was present on the occasion, said the Quaid had used the words either way. “What is important, however, is to translate the guiding principles he gave us into action,” Mr Zaidi added.

“Remember, within a span of seven years the Quaid was able to weld the scattered Muslims of South Asia into a nation and inspired them to struggle for achieving a homeland which they were able to achieve under his superb leadership.”

Quaid’s motto “Faith, Unity Discipline” is also published in the Wikipedia encyclopaedia, as well as mounted at Karachi international airport building.

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https://www.dawn.com/news/166435

 

[Pak_88]

While it is heartening to see that the nation continues to honour the Founding Father and the religious parties who dubbed the Quaid as ‘Kafir e Azam’ now proudly hang his portrait in their offices; we have forgotten the Quaid’s vision as stated in his address of 11th August 1947. Now even the order of the Quaid’s motto “Unity, Faith, Discipline” has been changed to “Faith, Unity, and Discipline”.

This is also reflected by the prevailing intolerance of the minorities and the fact that illiterate mullah Khadim Hussein Rizvi can brazenly use abusive words in public without any repercussions and the bigot lal Masjid mullah can get away with justifying the APS students massacre.

The change in the order of words may not be much but it reflects the lasting influence of the Zia up Haq’s drive towards bigotry. I have a genuine fear, that after my generation; who remember early years of Pakistan dies out; bigots would turn Pakistan into something totally different from what our Quaid & the founding fathers intended.

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ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: For 58 years every Pakistani child has been taught that “Unity, Faith, Discipline” was the guiding motto that the founding father left for the nation to progress.

But now it seems that all these years the nation had got the order wrong as the motto inscribed in English and Urdu in large letters on the two sides of a hillock on the Islamabad Highway has been changed by the government to read “Faith, Unity, Discipline”.

General Ziaul Haq, perhaps the most divisive military dictator to have ruled Pakistan, had got the motto inscribed in the early 1980s. He had also given a new motto to Pakistan army “Iman, Taqwa, Jihad” as he fought the US-backed ‘jihad’ against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

Veteran politician Mahmud Ali from erstwhile East Pakistan takes credit for making the government change the order of Quaid- i-Azam’s motto.

Mr Mahmud Ali, who has been included as a minister without portfolio in almost every cabinet since the dismemberment of Quaid-i-Azam’s Pakistan in 1971, says he sent a memorandum to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz asking him to “correct the order”. The prime minister agreed and issued instructions that the historic words be rearranged in all state documents and public places.

However the prime minister was not found using the new order when he spoke to journalists, nor did President Gen Pervez Musharraf.

Mr Mahmud Ali first disclosed the so-called discrepancy in the order of words in the motto at a function on Quaid’s birth anniversary in September.

Asked by Dawn for his comments, Mr Zawwar Hussain Zaidi, head of the Quaid-i-Azam Papers project, who was present on the occasion, said the Quaid had used the words either way. “What is important, however, is to translate the guiding principles he gave us into action,” Mr Zaidi added.

“Remember, within a span of seven years the Quaid was able to weld the scattered Muslims of South Asia into a nation and inspired them to struggle for achieving a homeland which they were able to achieve under his superb leadership.”

Quaid’s motto “Faith, Unity Discipline” is also published in the Wikipedia encyclopaedia, as well as mounted at Karachi international airport building.

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https://www.dawn.com/news/166435

These religious fanatics scare me too. The idea of Pakistan has been perverted.