14/08/2026
On 3rd June 1947,Nehru woefully and gloomily announced that the struggle for a united India had failed. The proposal for the creation of independent Pakistan and India was accepted, and the Congress leadership was certainly unhappy with the announcement of the Partition Plan. After the Partition Plan was accepted, communal violence erupted across India.On the evening of 3 June 1947, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah broadcast a message to the nation. He said: “I most earnestly appeal to every community in India to maintain peace and order. We must examine the plan and come to our conclusion and take our decision. It is clear that the plan does not meet, in some important respects, our point of view. It is for us to consider whether the plan, as presented to us by His Majesty’s Government, should be accepted by us. The decision of the Council of the All India Muslim League can only be taken according to our Constitution.” Quaid e Azam concluded by earnestly appealing to everyone to “maintain peace and order. Pakistan Zindabad.”On the other hand, widespread communal violence erupted across the subcontinent. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives, while millions were displaced during the Partition. In August 1947, particularly in Amritsar and other parts of Punjab, large numbers of Muslims were killed or forced to flee amid communal violence as populations were being exchanged between East and West Punjab.
On the other side, on 12 August, Lahore Railway Station became a horrifying scene of violence when a train arriving in Lahore was attacked. The passengers found that men and women from the Hindu and Sikh communities had been brutally murdered and were lying in pools of blood.The struggle and sacrifices of millions of Muslims under the leadership of Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah ultimately led to the creation of an independent state. Quaid e Azam envisioned Pakistan as a country where Muslims could live according to their faith while ensuring justice, equality, and freedom for all citizens.Three days before Partition, on 11 August 1947, Quaid e Azam addressed the Constituent Assembly and declared:
“You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed; that has nothing to do with the business of the State.”
On 14 August 1947, Quaid-e-Azam addressed the first Constituent Assembly in Karachi on the historic occasion of the transfer of power. He spoke about the responsibilities of the newborn state and Pakistan’s relations with Britain and India. Thus, the 3 June Plan ultimately became a reality, and on 14 August 1947, Pakistan emerged as an independent state.
Throughout the struggle for independence and the process of establishing Pakistan, Quaid e Azam was seriously ill. However, he concealed the severity of his illness from the public and continued to lead the nation. He remained the central figure and principal leader of the Pakistan Movement. At the same time, he expressed concerns about the capabilities of Muslim League leaders, whom he considered incompetent.
Now, nearly eight decades have passed since independence, and Pakistan continues to face the challenge of fulfilling the ideals envisioned by Quaid e Azam. His vision of a strong, democratic, peaceful, and progressive Pakistan remains an unfinished responsibility for the generations that followed.The real celebration of Independence Day is not merely remembering the day , but to build a Pakistan founded on meritocracy rather than nepotism; justice rather than injustice; equality rather than inequality; democracy rather than totalitarianism; parliamentary constitutionalism rather than military constitutionalism; freedom of speech and freedom of religion rather than fundamentalism; and the rule of law rather than anarchism.
