I just finished reading your editorial on Iqbal and Muslims. The suggestion that Allama and Jinnah would have differences about social contract of the new country Pakistan is devoid of historical facts. Allama wrote almost daily a letter to Jinnah for up to two years before his death in 1937. These letters are an indication of complete political alignment between these two founding fathers of the country. It is unfortunate that Jinnah’s responses to Allama are not available in any collective form while Allama’s letters are well preserved.
Jinnah’s speech of August 11th should be taken holistically along with his other speeches made from independence until his death. All these speeches make it clear that the model presented by Jinnah in his 11th August speech took inspiration from the Charter of Medina.
I hope this response will find space in your newspaper. It is an important historic question to build a stronger nation. Any doubts about divisions between the founding fathers or idea of Pakistan could have negative consequences.
ABDUL QUAYYUM KHAN KUNDI
Islamabad