| QUID-E-AZAM'S VISION OF PAKISTAN Pakistan owes its emergence on 14th August 1947,to the dyanamic and charismatic leadership of Quid-e-azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah who will remain an inspiring personality where and whenever the ideals of equality,freedom and brotherhood of man will motivate human beings.He was a giant among men and unmatched political architict whose achievement is a living symbol of success.He had dreamed of a free an independent land and he turned it into an imperishable reality in avery short time. 1)ISLAMIC SOCIALISM: Jinnah's vision of Pakistan was of a state of social justice and Islamic socialism.On 26th March 1948,in Chittangong,hesaid;"Pakistan should be based on solid foundations of social justice and Islamic socialism which emphasizes the equality and brotherhood of man.Pakistan was made possible because of the danger of complete annihilation of human soul in a society based on caste. Now that the soul is free to exist and to aspire,it must asseret itself to galvanize not only the state but also the nation." 2)WELFARE STATE: He dreamed of awelfare state wherein the masses will not be haunted by the spectre of povery and hunger,unemployment and exploitation.He was opposed to feudalism and capitalism.In his presidential address at the 30th session of All India Muslim League.on 24th April 1934.he he made it clear that;"It wiill be a peaople's government.Here Ishould like to give the warning to the landlords and capitalists who have flourished at our expense by a system which is so vicous.which is so wicked that it makes them so selfish that it is difficult to reason with them.Greed and selfishness have made these peaople subordiante to the interests of others in order to fatten themselves." 3)DEMOCRATIC STATE: To the Quaid, a good government did not mean autocratic government, good government did not mean despotic government, good government meant a government that was responcible to the representatives of the people.He elaborated the islamic concept of democracy in his speech at Sibi,saying;"It is my beleif that our salvation lies in the following golden rules of conduct set for us by our great law-giver,The Prophet(P.B.U.H.) of Islam.Let us lay the foundation of our democracy on the basis of truly Islamic ideals and principles." In the light of Quaid's dream of Pakistan,the rulers and the so called leaders of the country should realize that today we need a moral crusade,and economic revolution and a social revolution,a revolution rooted in the final message of God-Islam.They should also remember that Quaid, a true democrat,both in thought and action,wanted Pakistan to be a democratic state in which people of all religions will live together in amity and harmony. |