The founder of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s death death anniversary is being observed today (Tuesday).Mohammad Ali Jinnah was born in Karachi on 25th December 1876. After completing his primary education, he left for England, where he got admission in Lincoln’s Inn to study law and subsequently became a barrister. In 1913 Jinnah joined Muslim League and took an active part to make it an effective counterweight to the Congress, pleading the Muslim cause.Jinnah left Congress and devoted all his energies for the welfare of Muslims of Indian sub-continent.
In 1934, Jinnah took over control of the Muslim League and turned it into a force to reckon with in a matter of years. In 1940, at the 27th annual session of the Muslim League, held in Lahore, the Quaid with other Muslim leaders analyzed the political dilemmas facing Muslims in great deal and a resolution was passed unanimously – which is known as the Lahore Resolution that set an independent nation for the Muslims of the sub-continent as its objective.The Quaid’s vision and tireless effort won the Muslim League recognition as true representative of the Muslims of undivided India. The results were soon to follow when in the 1945-46 elections Muslim League enjoyed a resounding landslide victory both in the central and the provincial assembly elections.Under the Quaid’s leadership, the Muslims struggle found fruition when Pakistan came into being on August 14, 1947. Jinnah was the first governor general of Pakistan. He passed away on September 11, 1948.
