Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

14/04/2024

This is a dagger thrust into the heart of the nation. Israel is an illegitimate state. Pakistan will never accept it.
-Muhammad Ali Jinnah

10/04/2024

Message to the Nation on the Occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr

Eid Greetings
27 Aug 1948

On this day of rejoicing, I send my greetings to Muslims all over the world and wish them a very happy Eid. For us the last Eid-ul-Fitr which followed soon after the birth of Pakistan was marred by the tragic happenings in East Punjab. The blood bath of last year and its aftermath—the mass migration of millions—presented a problem of unprecedented magnitude. To provide new moorings for this mass of drifting humanity strained our energies and resources to breaking point. The immensity of the task very nearly overwhelmed us and we could only just keep our heads above water.

The brief span of twelve months was not sufficient to see all the Mohajireens settled in profitable employment in Pakistan. Considerable progress has been made in resettling them but a good many remain to be rehabilitated. We cannot rejoice till every one of them has been put on his feet: again. I am sanguine that by next Eid this formidable and intractable problem will have been solved and all the refugees absorbed in Pakistan's economy as useful members of society. The history of the last twelve months has been one of continuous struggle against heavy odds, but what sustained us during these dark days was our unity of purpose and firm resolve to see that our young state did not founder under the blows of our enemies. We have weathered the worst storms, and the safety of the shore, though distant, is in sight. We can look to the future with robust confidence provided we do not relax and fritter away our energies in internal dissensions.

There never was greater need for discipline in our ranks. It is only with united effort and faith in our destiny that we shall be able to translate the Pakistan of our dreams into reality. You are celebrating Eid today after a month of fasting. Why was fasting enjoined upon Muslims if it were not to teach them discipline and orderliness? These are the virtues to cultivate and in that lies your salvation and that of the nation.

My Eid message to our brother Muslim States is one of friendship and goodwill. We are all passing through perilous times. The drama of power politics that is being staged in Palestine, Indonesia and Kashmir should serve as an eye opener to us. It is only by putting up a united front that we can make our voice felt in the counsels of the world. Let me, therefore, appeal to you—in whatever language you may put, when the essence of my advice is boiled down, it comes to this—that every Musalman should serve Pakistan honestly, sincerely and selflessly.

Everyone

07/04/2024

"I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right."

Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

06/04/2024

06/04/2024

"Governments are formed. Gov
ernments are defeated. Prime
Ministers come and go, ministers
come and go, but you stay on.
Therefore, there is a very great
responsibility placed on your
shoulders. You should have no
hand in supporting this political
party or that political party, this
political leader or that political
leader. This is not your business."

QUAID-i-AZAM JINNAH'S ADDRESS
TO CIVIL SERVANTS, APRIL 1948

06/04/2024

اپنے عوام کو سمجھنے کی کوشش کیجئے، محبت، شفقت اور ملنساری سے ان کے معاملات سلجھایئے، کبھی کبھی کسی ضدی اور باتونی شخص سے مل کر آپ کو تکلیف ہو گی جو بار بار ایک بات کی رٹ لگائے رکھے گا، لیکن برداشت کیجئے، صبر و تحمل سے کام لیجئے اور اسے احساس دلایئے کہ اس کے ساتھ انصاف ہو گا، ضرور ہو گا۔

(سرکاری ملازمین سے خطاب ، چٹاگانگ 25 مارچ 1948ء)