This year marks the 75th Independence Day of Pakistan. Pakistan gained independence after years of struggle and the sacrifice of millions of Muslims. The struggle of Muslims of the sub-continent is termed as Pakistan Movement.
Pakistan Movement is the name given to the struggle of Muslims in order to get rid of British rule and to establish a separate homeland for the Muslims of the region.
The country faced many issues after gaining independence like administrative issues, division of assets was according to the agreement, and financial issues. But today we will be shedding light on some of the unknown heroes of the Pakistan Movement who played an important role in order to get a free state.
A state where we can live fearlessly and follow our religious obligations. So without further delay, let’s get started.
Jalaluddin Khan
Khan Jalaluddin Khan also known as Jalal Baba was a Pakistan Movement activist who served as 8th Interior Minister of Pakistan in the cabinet of Feroze Khan Noon. He was among the first ones who proposed the idea of “Direct Action” by moving a resolution in a meeting of the Muslim League in July 1946.
Due to his efforts, Muslim League was able to gain ground in Hazara. In NWFP, now known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa he played a vital role in its inclination towards Pakistan. When a referendum was announced by the British government in order to decide the future of NWFP, Quaid-e-Azam set up a committee to ensure that Muslim League emerge victoriously and Jalal Baba was its Chairman.
He worked day and night tirelessly. He provided funds, and, being a transporter and transport contractor, used his transport for this purpose. As a result, 90% of the votes cast were favor of Pakistan
Muhammad Asad
Muhammad Asad formerly known as Leopold Weiss was an Austro-Hungarian Muslim and a close aid of Quaid e Azam and Allama Iqbal. He was the first person to be awarded Pakistani citizenship Asad supported the idea of a separate Muslim state in India.
After the independence of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, in recognition of his support for the cause of Pakistan, Asad was conferred first full citizenship by Pakistan and appointed the Director of the Department of Islamic Reconstruction by the Government of Pakistan. He was assigned the task to come up with recommendations in order to draft the first constitution of Pakistan.
Asad joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as head of the Middle East division. He made efforts to strengthen Pakistan’s relation with the Muslim states of the Middle East. In 1952, Asad was appointed as Pakistan’s Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Nations in New York.
As deputy secretary in charge of the middle east division of the foreign ministry, Asad prepared a memorandum for the creation of something like a league of Muslim nations, and having discussed it with prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan, he officially toured Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Syria. However, the untimely assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan put an end to his plans for uniting the Muslim nations.
Molana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Molana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was an Islamic scholar who supported the Pakistan Movement in the 1940s. He joined Muslim League in 1944 at a critical juncture of the Pakistan movement when most of the feudal of N.W.F.P. and Punjab came under the influence of the Congress. He along with his 500 companions worked day and night to change the sentiment of the masses & end the rule of these corrupt feudal.
As a leader of a pro-Pakistan faction of Deobandis of the old Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind party, which was originally founded in Deoband in 1919, he went ahead and founded a new and separate political party called the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in 1945, along with other like-minded pro-Pakistan religious leaders.
He joined Muslim League in 1944 at a critical juncture of the Pakistan movement when most of the feudal of N.W.F.P. and Punjab came under the influence of the Congress. Shabbir Ahmad Usmani with a team of 500 Ulema eliminated the influence of these corrupt feudal from these regions and converted the sentiments of common people toward the Pakistan movement.
When Pakistan became independent, he holds the honor of being the first person to hoist the flag of Pakistan in Karachi in presence of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Liaqat Ali Khan.
He spearheaded Qarardad-i-Maqasid also known as Objective Resolution which was passed by the then Constituent Assembly on 12th March 1949.
In order to pay homage for his contributions in Pakistan Movement, Pakistan Postal Services issued a commemorative postage stamp in his honor in 1990
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