This is a compilation of newly written and previously published articles, excerpts, personal accounts and tributes by renowned authors and distinguished individuals worldwide, along with speeches delivered by Mohammad Ali Jinnah himself, focusing on the character of Jinnah as a statesman and founder of Pakistan. INDICE: Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Publisher's Note; SECTION 1: ORIGINAL ESSAYS ON JINNAH; 1.: Mohammad Ali Jinnah: One of the GreatestStatesmen of the Twentieth Century Stanley Wolpert; 2.: Partition and the Birth of Pakistan; John Kenneth Galbraith; 3.: World of His Fathers Fouad Ajami; 4.: Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah; Liaquat H. Merchant; 5.: Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah: A Historian's Perspective S.M. Burke; 6.: Jinnah: A Portrait; Sharif al Mujahid; 7.: Quaid-i-Azam's Personality and its Role and Relevance in the Achievement of Pakistan; Sikandar Hayat; 8.: Mohammad Ali Jinnah; Kuldip Nayar; 9.: M.A. Jinnah: The Official Biography; M.R. Kazimi; 10.: The Official Biography: An Evaluation; Sharif al Mujahid; 11.: Inheriting the Raj: Jinnah and the Governor-Generalship Issue; Ayesha Jalal; 12.: Constitutional Set-up of Pakistan as Visualised by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah; S. Sharifuddin Pirzada; 13.: Jinnah-Two Perspectives: Secular or Islamic and Protector General of Minorities; Liaquat H. Merchant; 14.: Jinnah on Civil Liberties; A.G. Noorani; 15.: Jinnah and Women's Emancipation; Sharif al Mujahid; 16.: Jinnah's 'Gettysburg Address'; Akbar S. Ahmed; 17.: The Two Saviours: Ataturk and Jinnah; Muhammad Ali Siddiqui; 18.: The Quaid and the Princely States of India; Shaharyar M. Khan; 19.: Reminiscences; Javid Iqbal; 20.: Jinnah as seen by Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III; Liaquat H. Merchant; SECTION 2: QUOTES FROM THE QUAID; SECTION 3: EXCERPTS FROM THE SPEECHES AND STATEMENTS OF THE QUAID; 1. Mussalman Wakf Validating Bill, 17 March 1911; 2. Moving the Report of the Select Committee on the Mussulman Wakf Validating Bill, April 1913; 3. Jinnah's Address to the Court in the Case Bal Gangadhar Tilak vs King Emperor, 8 November 1916; 4. On the Report of the 'Rowlatt Committee and Montagu-ChelmsfordReform Proposals', 15 April 1918; 5. On the Criminal Law (Emergency Powers) Bill, 6 February 1919; 6. In Opposition to the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 12 September 1929; 7. Islam-A Code of Life, Eid Message, September 1945; 8. Safeguarding the Rights of Minorities, 14 July 1947; 9. The Duty ofGovernment and the Freedom of Its Citizens, 11 August 1947; 10. Pakistan: A Moral and Intellectual Achievement, 31 August 1947; 11. Pakistan's Relations with India, 11 March 1948; 12. Duty to the State, 12 April 1948: Reply to the Address Presented by the Students of the Islamia College, Peshawar; 13. A Democratic and Islamic Constitution for Pakistan, 26 February 1948, in a Broadcast to the People of the United States of America, Recorded in February 1948; 14. Dangers of Provincialism, 21 March 1948, Addressing a Public Meeting in Dhaka; 15. Banking Practices and Islamic Ideals, 1 July 1948, at the Opening Ceremonyof the State Bank of Pakistan; SECTION 4: EXCERPTS FROM BOOKS ON THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT; 1. Joachim Alva, Leaders of India, Thackerland Ltd, Bombay, 1943; 2.V.N. Naik, Mr Jinnah: A P
- ISBN: 978-0-19-547924-9
- Editorial: Oxford University
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- Páginas: 350
- Fecha Publicación: 27/05/2010
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