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P4 – PAKISTAN LINK – MARCH 23, 2018 OPINION
Pakistan Link March 23rd: Pakistan, People and the Founder

n By Akhtar Mahmud Faruqui
Advisory Board Editor
Dr Sohail Masood Pakistan Link
President
Arif Zaffar Mansuri arch 23rd, 1940 marks a
ArifMansuri@PLpublications.org singular milestone in the
Mhistory of Muslims of South
Editor Asia. It was a truly momentous oc-
Akhtar Mahmud Faruqui casion. At Lahore’s
afaruqui@pakistanlink.com Manto Park, Quaid-
i-Azam Mohammad
Editor Urdu Link & Bureau Chief (Pakistan) Ali Jinnah rejected a
Shabbir Ghori permanent commu-
urdulink@yahoo.com nal minority status
Resident Editor Urdu Link for Indian Muslims.
& Director Video Operations Instead, he demand-
Anwar Khawaja ed full-fledged nationhood and a
akhawaja@pakistanlink.com separate country for Muslims.
It is a defining moment. His voice
Manager Sales & Advertising resonates in the sprawling Park to the
Mohammad Yousuf Jamal accompaniment of hushed silence
sales@pakistanlink.com of the overflowing assemblage. “The
Musalmans are not a minority. The
Regional Offices Musalmans are a nation by any defini-
tion. The problem in India is not of an
YKKB inter-communal but manifestly inter-
ykkb03@gmail.com national character, and it must be treat-
ed as such… the only course open to us
Sacramento, CA all is to allow the major nations separate
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homelands.”
San Fransisco/Bay Area, CA The Quaid speaks in his character-
Sanfrancisco@plpublications.com istic clipped British accent. His King’s
English is beyond the comprehension
New York, NY of the teeming multitude. But they are
Newyork@plpublications.com
all-attention. The speaker is a champion
Houston, TX of Muslim cause.
Houston@Plpublications.org According to Professor Stanley
Wolpert, the speech was “truly a stellar Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Muslim League leaders arrive at Manto Park, Lahore, March 23, 1940
Phoenix, AZ performance, worthy of the lead role he
Phoenix@Plpublications.org
alone could command.” The Times of In- tional and bi-cultural. In August 1947, panying these successes is the focus of Pervaiz Lodhi, Sohail Masood, Sha-
Ontario, Canada dia ungrudgingly conceded that “such the sub-continent split into two coun- western media: ‘American fast-food and hid Khan, Zia Chishti, Dr Hasan and
Ontario@Plpublications.org was the dominance of his personality tries - India and Pakistan. Western fashion outlets take Pakistan’s Seeme Gul Hasan, et al – and are seized
that, despite the improbability of more Seventy-eight years later, on this growing middle class by storm, defying of the home country’s developmental
Letters to the Editor than a fraction of his audience under- day, the stock-taking continues to reap- stereotypes about a conservative Mus- needs. So are several other groups - AP-
standing English, he held his hearers praise the past in the light of the pres- lim country plagued by violence… New PNA, HDF, NEDIANS, DIL, TCF, Saba
Readers are welcome to express their opinion and played with palpable effects on ent. Ungrudgingly, the irritants are sev- malls offer wealthy clientele the chance Homes, and MGYW – that supplement
in these columns. Please keep your letters
brief and to the point. Letters without full their emotions.” eral and formidable. But the successes to lunch on an American burger, buy their strivings.
name, complete address, and a daytime Yet, the speech marked a paradox. are many and furnish proof of a country French cosmetics, shop for cocktail These successes are in consonance
phone number will not be published.
Also, copies of letters sent to other news- In 1916, Mr Jinnah was hailed as the on the march: Surely, the 1940-winter dresses, sip an afternoon cappuccino or with the vision and drive of the founder,
papers are not encouraged. Letters can be Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity, of despair seems to have given way to wolf down a cinnamon roll.’ Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah,
mailed, faxed or e-mailed to the Editor at
the Pakistan Link Headquarters address a supporter of Indian nationalism. A a spring of hope in post-Independence Lahore fires the imagination of though some disconcerting trends are
listed below.
Pakistan Link (ISSN 1074-0406) is pub- quintessential Victorian gentleman, the Pakistan. writers, artists and thinkers during a cause of anxiety. Dismal governance,
lished weekly for $85 a year by JAZ LLC, Lincoln Inn barrister was steeped in The United Nations has named its the annual literary festival when large along with larcenous leadership, today
DBA PL Publications, LLC. European thought. He studied law in prestigious research institute in Italy crowds fill the halls of the Alhamra has certainly bred despondency.
Periodical postage paid at Anaheim, CA London, admired Prime Minister Wil- as the Salam International Center for Art Center to listen to lilting recitals of In these troubled times calling for
and additional mailing offices.
POST MASTER: Send address changes to liam Gladstone and Abraham Lincoln, Theoretical Physics; Pakistani metallur- Urdu and English poetry, and to delight tolerance, Pakistanis need to heed Jin-
Pakistan Link, P O Box 1238, Anaheim, CA and was regarded as the Muslim world’s gists soil their hands with indigenous in classical dance and music. Lumi- nah’s first speech to the Constituent As-
92815
The management has the right to refuse answer to Thomas Jefferson. What uranium to fabricate fuel; nuclear en- naries from Pakistan’s growing club of sembly delivered on 11 August 1947. It
to print any advertisement, news, article, transpired in the intervening period for gineers draw energy from the heart of young internationally-renowned writ- is a seminal speech in the history of the
letter or any other material. In case of
any errors in advertisement the manage- his change of mind to alter course? the atom, and Alhomdolillah, without a ers turn out to read from their nov- country.
ment will not be liable for more than the The Pakistan Resolution of 1940 Chernobyl or Three Mile Island mishap; els, along with eminent authors from “You are free; you are free to go to
amount paid for the advertisement to the
Link. and its subsequent adoption by the women excel in the role of Nobel Prize abroad like British historian William your temples, you are free to go to your
Advertisements in Pakistan Link are Muslim League was an answer to the winners, prime ministers, ambassadors, Dalrymple. mosques or to any other place of wor-
placed in good faith. The newspaper is not
responsible nor endorses the contents of Indian National Congress’s consistent Oscar-winning producers, fighter pi- Across an ocean and a continent, ship in this State of Pakistan. You may
any advertisement. In case of a frivolous
lawsuit, the plaintiff will bear the total cost attempts to deny the Muslim commu- lots, and diplomats irrepressibly raising the creative impulse gathers steam. Dr belong to any religion or caste or creed
of the suit, including but not limited to the nity a political entity of their own. The their voice at the United Nations for the Mark Salman Humayun, grandson of - that has nothing to do with the busi-
Link’s costs and the attorney’s fees.
crux of the issue, according to eminent Kashmir cause; Dawn, Herald, Express the Quaid’s personal physician Dr Ila- ness of the State . . . We are starting in
historian Professor Shariful Mujahid, Tribune, Daily Times and Newsline hi Bakhsh and co-director of the USC the days when there is no discrimina-
Information for was whether India was a uni-cultural, conform to quintessential journalistic Eye Institute, receives America’s high- tion, no distinction between one com-
excellence; a multiplying fraternity
est award for technology achievement
munity and another, no discrimination
bi-cultural or multi-cultural state.
Subscribers The controversy began on Sep- of TV channels presents the national from President Obama; Pakistani- between one caste or creed and another.
The printing of Pakistan Link is unfail- tember 18, 1936, when Pandit Jawaha- perspective; LUMS, NUST, GIK, IBA Americans in the Silicon Valley, earn We are starting with this fundamental
ingly completed by Wednesday every rlal Nehru made the outrageous claim, and other universities impart momen- the title of a ‘model minority’, and win principle that we are all citizens, and
week and its copies are handed over to
the mailing house for prompt dispatch “The real contest is between two forces tum to the diffusion of higher techni- accolades for contributing to what Erik equal citizens, of one State. “
to the subscribers. The Link should - the Congress which represents the cal skills in the country; the Supreme Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee de- One hopes today’s irksome
reach its destination on time if there is
no delay at the post office. If a delay is will to freedom of the nation, and the Court boldly plays its role in bringing scribe as “The Second Machine Age”. A MARCH23RD, P28
occasioned it is in no way attributable British Government in India and its plunderers to justice; Sadequain paints Forbes story acknowledges that Paki-
to the performance of Link’s manage- Views and
ment. In case of delayed receipt of Pak- supporters who oppose this urge and more murals than Michelangelo and stan is among a dozen countries which opinions ex-
istan Link or missing issues, please con- try to suppress it. Intermediate groups, Diego Rivera combined; Arfa Abdul are described as birthplaces of some of
tact your local Post Office and submit a whatever virtue they may possess, fade Karim Randhawa becomes the young- the most successful Silicon Valley com- pressed by
“Publication Watch” form. authors and
out or line up with one of the forces...” est Microsoft Certified Professional at panies. Academy Award winning Hol- contributors
Nehru’s two-force dictum was
PAKISTAN LINK not a stray declaration. Mr Jinnah’s re- 9. Last, but not least, Pakistan has come lywood hits Frozen, Life of Pi and The in articles,
Golden Compass use computer-gener-
a long way in defeating terrorism. The
Headquarters sponse to this onslaught came at the Pakistan Army moves into the northern ated imagery by Pakistani-American letters, opin-
ion pieces, re-
P O Box 1238, Anaheim, CA 92815 Calcutta Muslim League meeting. “I Waziristan tribal region, an area that Mir Zafar Ali who goes on to win Oscar ports, advertisements, etc ap-
Tel: 714-400-3400 refuse to line up with the Congress. I was treated as no man’s land for centu- statuettes for “Best Visual Effects”. Dr
Fax: 714-400-3404 refuse to accept this proposition. There ries by the British, India and the Rus- Nergis Mavalvala, Pakistani-American pearing in Pakistan Link and
E-Mail: Editor@PakistanLink.com Urdu Link are their own. The
is a third party in this country and that sian Empire, and stamps out extremists, astrophysicist, is an outstanding MIT paper neither shares nor en-
is Muslim India ... We are not going to thanks to the supreme sacrifices of the professor and member of the Nobel dorses them and thus should
Pakistan Office be camp followers of any party,” Jinnah Army. The soldier to officer casualty ra- Prize winner LIGO team. not be held responsible for
42 Rehman Court declared. tio at 12 to 1 is the highest in military Quite a few Pakistani-American the views/opinions of the
Plaza Square, Off M. A. Jinnah Road The March 23rd Pakistan Resolu- operations since 9/11. entrepreneurs impact the American writers & advertisers.
Karachi-74400, Pakistan tion formally declared India as bi-na- The social transformation accom- scene - Safi Qureshey, Najeeb Ghauri,
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