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By Ammar Ahmad | December 6, 2011
Pakistan’s descent into crises is perhaps because capable and honest citizens are denied the right to contribute towards the country - even when the country desperately needs them. Many a patriotic Pakistanis have been banished and their role in the country’s progress ignored simply due to their religious affiliations. While this wrong has been done to many Hindu, Christian, Parsi and Shia-Muslim Pakistanis as well, but the suppression of the Ahmadi contribution to Pakistan is of incomparably monumental proportions. It is time to put the record straight. If we want to climb out of the present morass, we need to start respecting the people who have given to this country their best even in the face of discrimination. Following is a list of a few of the many sons of the soil – all of whom happen to be Ahmadis – whose contribution to Pakistan is second to none.
1. Dr. Muhammad Abdus Salam: A Physicist of world acclaim who won the Nobel Prize in 1979 and was also the founder of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Italy. He also initiated the country’s civilian nuclear and space programs.
2. Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan:The author of the memorandum of the famous Lahore Resolution of 1940 which ultimately formed the basis for the creation of Pakistan. He was a close lieutenant of Quaid-e-Azam and diplomat and jurist of the highest order. He was handpicked by Jinnah himself to serve as the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Later on, Sir Zafrullah Khan served as Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.N., as President General Assembly U.N. and as President International Court of Justice. He has the rarest privilege of having held the highest international diplomatic and judicial positions in the world.
3. Imam Abdur Raheem Dard: The Ahmadi missionary who persuaded Jinnah in 1933 to return to India and assume the leadership of the Indian Muslim minority. Quaid-e-Azam not only returned to India, but also publicly acknowledged the “eloquent persuasion of the Imam” which he admitted, left him no way of escape. Dard frequented as a liason between the Ahmadiyya community and Jinnah during those crucial times.
4. Professor Qazi Muhammad Aslam: A leading and pioneer educationist from Lahore who had a tremendous role in the field of education in Pakistan.
5. Lt. Gen. Akhtar Hussain Malik (Hilal-e-Jurat): A general who successfully led the Pakistan Army in its campaign in the Kashmir sector during the 1965 War.
6. Lt. Gen. Abdul Ali Malik (Hilal-e-Jurat): Another general who led the Pakistan Army in its battle on the Sialkot sector during the 1965 War.
7. Squadron Leader Khalifa Muniruddin Shaheed (Sitara-e-Jurat): A daring ace fighter pilot of the PAF who laid down his life during the air war of 1965.
8. Major General Iftikhar Janjua Shaheed (Hilal-e-Jurat): He successfully led the Pakistan Army at the Rann of Cutch sector during the 1965 War. He again successfully led the Army at the Chamb sector during the 1971 War. While Pakistan lost the war in 1971, in this particular battle Pakistan won. During this campaign, General Janjua led his troops from the front and finally attained martyrdom on the battlefield. He is the only general of the Pakistan Army to have died during combat.
9. Major General Nasir Chaudhry: A general who led the Pakistan Army from the front and was wounded on the battlefield in 1971 war. His death came not at the hands of outsiders but from fellow citizens during the terrorist attack on the Ahmadi mosques in Lahore on May 28, 2010.
10. M. M. Ahmad: A leading finance expert who served the Pakistan Government in various capacities including as the Head of the Planning Commission under Ayub Khan. He has been credited for arranging funding for major hydro-electrical projects such as Tarbela and Mangla dams. Later on he served as Director World Bank.
11. Last but not least - Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad: The second Head of the Ahmadiyya community who led and inspired an entire generation of Ahmadis to serve Pakistan and the wider Muslim cause both in the Indian Subcontinent and the world over. He successfully led the Kashmir committee at the request of Dr. Muhammad Iqbal and put the weight of his entire community firmly behind Jinnah during the Pakistan movement. Interestingly, nearly all of the men enlisted above were closely affiliated with him.
Some may find it inconvenient to acknowledge the facts as they stand. Nevertheless, these details can be left to the conscience of the reader.
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