Source & Credit: Daily Times, Pakistan | Letters to the Editor
By Sharmeen Qasim | Lahore | December 24, 2009
Sir: Speaking to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on August 11, 1947, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah said: “If we want to make this great state of Pakistan happy and prosperous we should wholly and solely concentrate on the well-being of the people, and especially of the masses and the poor.”
Today, it can be seen that the rights of the poor are trampled upon and the country is being used by the rich as their fiefdom. Nothing of substance was done for the poor of this country, no proper land reforms were carried out, no poor-friendly economic policies were churned out and today the ever-rising inflation is taking its toll on the masses.
The Quaid also said, “You are free to go to your temples, mosques or any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed that has nothing to do with the business of the state.” He had amply stated that in Pakistan there would be no room for discrimination on the basis of religion and sect as Pakistan was not to be a theocratic state. We blew to smithereens this advice as well. Consequently, apart from the growing religious militancy, as evident in the tribal areas, there exist laws on the statute books that endanger the minorities.
If we want this country to prosper, we have to get Quaid’s Pakistan back.
Read here: Quaid’s Pakistan
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