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Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a lawyer and politician who led the successful campaign for Pakistan's independence from British India. As Pakistan's first Governor-General, he envisioned Pakistan as a homeland where Muslims could live freely according to Islamic principles of equality, social justice, and self-determination. Jinnah promoted Islamic ideology and national solidarity to unite Pakistanis of different ethnicities and languages. He criticized Western economic systems for failing to provide justice and advocated for an Islamic alternative based on equality.

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Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a lawyer and politician who led the successful campaign for Pakistan's independence from British India. As Pakistan's first Governor-General, he envisioned Pakistan as a homeland where Muslims could live freely according to Islamic principles of equality, social justice, and self-determination. Jinnah promoted Islamic ideology and national solidarity to unite Pakistanis of different ethnicities and languages. He criticized Western economic systems for failing to provide justice and advocated for an Islamic alternative based on equality.

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ROLE OF LEADERSHIP

QUAID-E-AZAM
MOHAMMAD ALI JINNAH
 A politician, lawyer and Pakistan’s first Governor-General
 Known as ‘Quaid-I Azam’ or ‘Great Leader’
 He successfully campaigned and led Pakistan’s independent from India
and became its first leader.
 Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a history-making leader who changed the
course of history. He possessed a visionary leadership, commitment to the
cause and political mobilization capacity. He was a Charismatic Leader in
the real sense of the meaning.
• Born on December 25, 1876, in Karachi, Pakistan.
• His father was a prosperous Muslim merchant named Jinnah Poonja.
• He received his early education at the Sindh Madrasah and later at the
Mission School, Karachi
• His father decided to send him to England to acquire business experience.
However, he made up his mind to become a barrister.
• He then continue his study at Bombay University and at Lincoln's Inn in
London. He completed his study in 2 years and became the youngest
barrister of India.
• He was inspired by Dadabhai Naoroji, who won an election & became a
member of British parliament.
• It was for the 1st time in the 50-year British rule in India that an Indian
was able to made a way to the British parliament.
• He started his political life as Dadabhai Naoroji’s personal secretary.
• Jinnah joined the Indian National Congress in 1906, the largest political
organization in India.
• At this time, his role model was Gopal Khrishna Gokhale.
• In his early career, he helped a lot of his Muslim workmates since at that
time, Muslim people were minority.
• On January 25, 1910, he was elected to the Imperial Legislative Council.
He and many people in the congress used to support the Great Britain in his
early career because they thought the Great Britain will grant Indians
political freedom.
• He joined the Muslim League in 1913 but without leaving the congress.
• In 1916, he became the president of the Muslim League. As a member of
the Muslim League, Jinnah began to work for Hindu-Muslim unity.
• Mohammad Ali Jinnah really tried to bring the Muslim League and the
Congress closer to each other. Jinnah also made an agreement between Indian
National Congress and Muslim league in December 1916 known as Lucknow
Pact.
• The pact dealt both with the structure of the government of India and with the
relation of the Hindu & Muslim communities. His effort to get the pact
approved made him to a title of “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity” from
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (the congress leader).
Jinnah used the term NATION for the Muslims of India in Feb 1935
(Legislative Assembly). He argued that the combination of religion,
culture, race, arts, music and so forth make a minority a SEPARATE
ENTITY.
In March 1936 Bombay, he stated that the Muslims could arrive at a
settlement with Hindus as TWO Nations. In 1937, he asserted that
there is also a third party in India, the Muslims.
In 1939, he roared that the Muslims and Hindus are two nations and
they are going to live as a nation and playing part as a nation:
“We are a nation with our own distinctive culture and
civilization, language and literature, names and nomenclature,
sense of values and proportion, legal laws and moral code,
custom and calendar, history and tradition, aptitudes and
ambitions; in short, we have our own distinctive outlook on life
and of life. By all cannons of international law, we are a nation.”
Pakistan and the Holy Quran

 In the annual meeting of 1943 at Karachi Quaid-e-Azam said while


clarifying the relation of Pakistan and Islam:
 “What is that relation which has made Muslim a single body? What is
that rock on which the structure of Muslim Nation is restored? What is
that base which has secured the safety of the boat of this Muslim Nation?
That relation, rock and base is the Holy Quran.”
Origin of Pakistan
In his address at Ahmedabad on 29th December 1940 Quaid-e-Azam
said,
“Pakistan existed from centuries. North West remained a
homeland of Muslims. Independent states of Muslims should be
established in these areas so that they might live according to the
teachings of Islam”.
Islam is a complete code of life
 While addressing the students, in March, 1944 he said,
 “Our guide is Islam and this, is the complete code of our life. We neither
need any red or yellow flag nor do we need any Socialism. Communism,
Nationalism or any other ism”
Elimination of differences
 On 21 March, 1948 while addressing the people in Dhaka and said,
 “I want not to see you to talk as a Sindhi, Balochi, Punjabi and
Bengali…………………. We are only Muslims.”
Protection of Muslim culture
 Addressing the army officers, in October, 1947, Mr. Jinnah said,
 “Our object was to create such a state where we can live freely, our
culture and civilization get flourished, and where Islamic concept of
social justice can flourish exactly.”
Criticism of the Western Economic
system
On the eve of inaugurating the State Bank of Pakistan on 1 July 1948, the Quaid
said,
“The Economic system of west is creating unsolvable problems
for humanity. It has failed to provide justice to the people. We are
to present an economic system based on original Islamic concept
equality and social justice.”
Promotion of Islamic Ideology
 On 1st October 1947, while addressing the officers of the Government of
Pakistan, he said,
 “Their mission is the establishment of a state where they could live like
free people in their own socio-cultural set up necessary for the promotion
of social justice and Islamic ideology”.
National Solidarity

 Quaid-e-Azam wanted to establish such a Pakistan which is strong &


united from every respect. Once he said after the creation of
Pakistan.
 “The people who think that they will demolish Pakistan they are
foolish & not in their senses. There is no any power in the world who
demolishes Pakistan. The roots of Pakistan are very deep & strong”
Destination of Muslims

 During the Congress rule from 1937 to 1939, the treatment to the
Muslims convinced them of their destination. Quaid-e-Azam in clear
words said:
 “The Britain wants to rule India, Mr. Gandhi and the Congress want to
rule India and the Muslims. We say that we will not let either the
Britain or Mr. Gandhi to rule Muslims, we want to be free”
Guidance & inspiration for constitution-making
and Governance
He also talked of the modern notions of state, constitution, civil and
political rights and democracy. He assured that constitution of
Pakistan would be framed by the elected assembly.
He gave assurance of equality of all citizens and rights and freedom
to religious minorities in the new state.

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