Jinnah's Pakistan

It has Become a Ritual to Celebrate Independence Day every year without considering Whether it but we have Achieved OR NOT. The question is how far has accomplished ITS Independence "objective by creating historical consciousness Among people: Whether it has changed the life of the common people or Increased Their sufferings and miseries. If it has, how do me Respond to the Challenges Facing That we are today?

There are some liberals think Ken That the solution Is to put in place "Jinnah's Pakistan." To me, it'd be quite interesting to find out WHO invented this term. When me use it, it gives the impression That they are solely created this country. We Shem to Be in denial of the fact-That Other forces helped him Thurs Fulfil at his dream. More Over, the term indicates also Life Style That Pakistan is Jinnah's property.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was not a thinker or a Philosopher. He was a Politician.

In the early period of at his Political career, who was the staunch Indian Nationalist and anti-British. When they joined the Muslim League, they changed at his Stance and championed the cause of the Muslim community of the subcontinent. They supported the two-nation theory and in a number of speeches at his declared That the Hindus and Muslims are two nations with Separate Different Culture, Customs and traditions. The two-nation theory Became a hallmark of the Pakistan Movement.

When Jinnah Delivered at his August 11, 1947 speech, declaring all Equal "Religious communities in the soon-to-be-born Pakistan, it Shocked vain Not only surprised the leadership of the Muslim League and the bureaucracy. That's why the speech was censored. The very act of Censoring the speech of the Founder of Pakistan and Its first governor-general bothered That they failed Thurs convince at his Followers on Partition That the situation had changed and the country Needed the theory of one nation Rather Than two.

In 1949, "when the Objectives Resolution was Passed by the Legislative Assembly, Muhammad Ali Jinnah Became irrelevant Thurs Pakistani politics. It was decided Pakistan That'd be a Religious country. All-three constitutions were drafted in light of the Objectives Resolution. As a result, the Pakistani state has Become an Islamic state and the process of Islamisation is Continuing unabated.

Under These imprecision, Thu Refer Thurs Jinnah's vision of Pakistan at his or bothered with our Intellectual Bankruptcy. In a backward society, M intellectuals and politicians not have failed Thurs Produce new ideas, They resort to the past and propogate Outdated and Rusted ideas. Hero worship IS NOT the solution to our Problems. New challenges Require new ideas. Muhammad Ali Jinnah alone Can not help us get rid of our Present Problems.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 14th, 2010.