Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Quaid-e-Azam arrived at the Karachi Airport Listening to the Address of Lord Mountbatten in the Constituent Assembly on 14 August, 1947 The Quaid-e-Azam and Fatima Jinnah, Karachi, 14 August, 1947 Quaid-e-Azam replying to the Address by Lord Mountbatten in Constituent Assembly on 14 August,1947 Quaid-e-Azam being administered the oath of office of the Governor Genral by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Signing the register as the first Governor General of the newly created State of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam and Liaqat Ali Khan in the Constituent Assembly,1947 Quaid and Fatima Jinnah arriving at the Independence Day Celebrations Presiding over a Session of the Constituent Assembly Quaid-e-Azam at a function at the Governor General House,karachi Inspecting a contingent of the Pakistan Navy Guard of Honour being presented to the Quaid-e-Azam as the Governor General of Pakistan At the Naval Base at Karachi,1947 Arriving the Civic Reception giv

Pakistan became constitutionally independent at midnight between the 14th and 15th August 1947. The Quaid assumed charge as the Governor General of Pakistan on August 15, 1947. Soon after that Jinnah riveted himself to work. The colossal task of building Pakistan from scratch needed his immediate attention. Since the Lahore Resolution of 1940, he never rested even for a moment. But he surpassed himself after becoming the first head of the biggest Muslim State. From the day he arrived in Karachi on August 7, till he breathed his last, is a tale of self abnegation, exemplary devotion to duty and intense activity.   Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah with Liaquat Ali Khan Even at the hour of triumph, Jinnah was sick and in pain. He had little or no appetite; he had lost his gift of being able to sleep at will and he passed many sleepless nights; also, his cough increased and with it his temperature. The harrowing tales of the sufferings of the refugees affected him deeply. O

Quaid-i-Azam and Fatima Jinnah drove on the morning of August 14th, from the government house to the Legislative Assembly hall along a carefully guarded route, lined with soldiers as well as police alerted to watch for possible assassins, since reports of a Sikh plan to assassinate Jinnah, had reached Mountbatten and Jinnah several days earlier. But only shouts of “Pakistan Zindabad” and “Quaid-i-Azam Zindabad” were hurled at his carriage. The Mountbattens followed in the crowded semicircular chamber of Pakistan’s parliament, which had been Sind’s Legislative Assembly. Lord Mountbatten graciously felicitated Jinnah and read the message from his cousin, King George, welcoming Pakistan into the Commonwealth. Jinnah replied: “Your Excellency, I thank His Majesty on behalf of the Pakistan Constituent Assembly and myself. I once more thank you and Lady Mountbatten for your kindness and good wishes. Yes, we are parting as friends…and I assure you that we shall not be wanting in friendly