Foresightedness of Quaid e Azam
Foresightedness of Quaid e Azam
Foresightedness of Quaid e Azam
Who is he?
Introduction:
The man who piloted the ship of Muslim freedom
movement and ultimately brought it to the shores of
independence was not destined to live long after the
realization of his age long dream. His contributions
as a creator of Pakistan are numerous. The Lord
gave him slightly more than a year to look after the
newly created state. Due to precautious health he
could not dedicate all his time to build the fabric of
infant state. But in more than a year, in face of
enormous problems,
he did a lot for the consolidations of Pakistan.
The real assessment for his achievements as
Governor General can only be made if we go
through briefly over the problems which were faced
by Pakistan in its early years of independence.
Problems:
a) Administration:
A part of the government record was
destroyed during transit through Indian
Territory.
Manpower for government were yet to be
assembled from various provinces.
Lack of trained staff in government
departments.
Disorganization in communal system.
b) Defense
c) Economic constraints
d) Rehabilitations of refugees
But in spite of all these problems; Jinnah did
a lot to extricate the infant state from
unthinkable difficulties. He was successful to
redress these problems turn by turn.
He had realized that the morale of the public was at the lowest ebb.
He therefore decided to rehabilitate and restore the confidence and
morale of the people.
He delivered inspiring speeches which filled people with enthusiasm.
His words made a profound impression on the public and mitigated
the existing despair and tension.
His first stem was to address the government servants in Karachi on
October 11, 1947.
Quaid-i-Azam gave a clarion call to the assembled officials of civil and
military bureaucracy.
His words revived the drooping spirits.
Rehabilitation of Refugees
Karachi (Khokhra par camp) and Lahore (Wagha camp):
millions migrated
Accession of Kalat:
His memorial achievements was setting of the question of accession
of the huge borders of state of Kalat which could have given much
more trouble than settlement of Hyderabad question brought to India.
Membership of UNO:
Jinnah was a firm believer of peaceful existence and fully realized the
importance of UN membership for Pakistan. Therefore Pakistan
became the member of UNO. (30th September 1948)
Establishment of Embassies,
Membership of UNO (30 September 1947)
Special Relations with Muslim countries
Remedial Measures, he suggested:
i:People should be careful to elect competent
leadership,
ii: Dialogue, discussions, debates and critical
approach
Iii: unity, faith, discipline
Conclusion:
Already drained Jinnah could no longer witness his newly created
state becoming mature. But the time he got from the Lord was fully
utilized by him to build Pakistan into strong and organized state where
the Muslims of sub-continent could live according to the ideas of Islam.
His efforts to put the infant state on the path of stability
and progress are uncountable. His efforts to enthuse people, steps for
rehabilitation of refugees, endeavors to settle internal disputes and his
maneuvers in diplomatic arena speech of his sagacity and iron will
against all hazards.
Economy
Stability
Development
3. Valabhai Patel:
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Contended labour.
Housing.
Human Achievement.
2. October 30, 1947:
Address to Civil, Navy, Army and Air Force Officers.
All wealth with you.
Make best of it.
Character Building.
2: Degree Of Honesty:
The degree of his honesty is revealed in the
story of Jinnah talking one day to an important
member of the firm of Tata. Jinnah complained
that Tatas gave opportunities to young men of
every faith except muslims. The representative
Tatas answered: But there are no educated
muslims whom we can take into the firm, Jinnah
scoffed at this and said that there were many
worthy of the opportunity. The representative
said then choose me six and i will take them. It
would have been feather in Jinnahs cap among
the leading muslims, had he named six of their
sons . He refused and answered, No, I wont
select them to catch their favour. You choose
3: Impatience:
The following episode relates to his
impatience of literary embelishment and
rhetoric. Jinnah was never to become excited
by the charm of words ; his prose written or
spoken was bald and factual.
Once he was drafting a statement with the
help of Liaqat Ali Khan and one of his
secretaries , he became impatient with their
search after fine sentence, and said, I dont
care for beautiful language : I only wish to see
my idea come through.
6: Jinnahs Personality:
Jinnahs personality can be better understood in
contrast with Gandhi , His political adversary in the
struggle for Pakitan. These men could not have
been less alike: they clashed in mind,temperament
and method. While Gandhi lived in a world of
Vague , philosophical absurdities and played upon
the emotions of the people Jinnah appealed to
reason and shunned emotion and sentimentality. In
his political career Jinnah was shere to many talks
with Gandhi, but the cleavage remained and
revealed itself in facetious exchange of mokery
and sharp answers.
10:Jinnahs Answer:
12:Confidence:
One of his friend remarks: The flashes of temper
in him were superficial; in his heart he was a man
extraordinaryfree from pettiness and smll
prejudices-espacially over racial differences. I
went to him at once, at the height of enmity
between mslims and hindus. Jinnah had a hindu
butler, and i said rather as a joke, arent you
afraid he may do an injury or something? He
answered, oh, no. I like him and trust him. These
days, he seems to be talking an intrest in
congress activities, but he is a verry good fellow
really!
16:Reply of Jinnah:
Jinnah`s methods was sometime
extraordinary.A judge once asked him to
"speak up"."we cannot hear
you,Mr.Jinnah",he said. Jinnah replied,"I am a
barrister,not an actor."The judge was
patient,but he had to interrupt
again...."Mr.jinnah,I must ask you speak
louder." Jinnah answered," If you will remove
this pile of books infront of you ,you might
be able to hear what i have to say.
His illness
Through the
1940s, Jinnah
suffered from
tuberculosis;
only his sister
and a few others
close to him
were aware of
his condition.
In 1948, Jinnahs
health began to
falter by the
heavy workload
that had fallen
upon him
following
Pakistans
independence.
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