QUAID-E-AZAM MUHAMMAD ALI

JINNAH
OUR NATIONAL HERO
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, is our national hero. His
name will be remembered with great honor in the history of mankind. He fought' sincerely
and selflessly the battle of freedom for the Muslims and won in the long run.
Our Quaid-e-Azam, which means the great leader, was born in Karachi on the 25th of
December, 1875. During his childhood he used to work excessively hard and showed his
qualities as a talented child After completing his primary and secondary education in the
Sind Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi, he was sent to England for higher studies. He came back
to Karachi as a Barrister. Karachi was not a big business and industrial center in those days,
so he had to go to Bombay to carve out his successful career in Law. In the' beginning he
joined some service but later on started his legal practice.

Sir Muhammad Iqbal, also known as Allama Iqbal, was a philosopher, poet and politician
in British India who is widely regarded to have inspired the Pakistan Movement. He is considered one of
the most important figures in Urdu literature, with literary work in both the Urdu and Persian languages.
Iqbal is admired as a prominent classical poet by Pakistani, Indian and other international scholars of
literature. Although most well known as a poet, he has also been acclaimed as a modern Muslim
philosopher. His first poetry book, Asrar-e-Khudi, appeared in the Persian language in 1915, and other
books of poetry include Rumuz-i-Bekhudi, Payam-i-Mashriq and Zabur-i-Ajam. Some of his most well
known Urdu works are Bang-i-Dara, Bal-i-Jibril and Zarb-i Kalim. Along with his Urdu and Persian poetry,
his various Urdu and English lectures and letters have been very influential in cultural, social, religious
and political disputes over the years. In 1922, he was knighted by King George V, giving him the title
"Sir".

Liaquat Ali Khan, (born Oct. 1, 1895, Karnal, Indiadied Oct. 16,
1951,Rawalpindi, Pak.), first prime minister of Pakistan (194751). Born the
son of a landowner, Liaquat was educated at Aligarh, Allahabad, and Exeter

College,Oxford. A barrister by profession, like his leader, Mohammed Ali

Jinnah, he entered politics in 1923, being elected first to the provincial
legislature of the United Provinces and then to the central legislative
assembly. He joined theMuslim League and soon became closely associated
with Jinnah. By degrees he won first the respect and then the admiration of
the Muslim community for his share in the struggle for Pakistan; when
independence was won in 1947 and Jinnah became the first governorgeneral, Liaquat was the obvious choice as prime minister. In this post his
achievements were outstanding. If Jinnah founded Pakistan, Liaquat
established it, laying down the main lines of policy, domestic and foreign, that
afterward guided the country. After Jinnahs death, Liaquat was acclaimed
as qaid-i-millet (leader of the country). Liaquat was assassinated
in Rawalpindi in 1951 by a Muslim fanatic who resented his steady refusal to
contemplate war with India.