Muhammad Ali Jinnah delivered a historic speech on August 11, 1947 in Karachi addressing the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. He referred to two functions of the Assembly: to frame the constitution of Pakistan and act as the independent central legislature. Jinnah emphasized that the Assembly must eliminate the evils of corruption, nepotism, and jobbery inherited from British rule in order to establish an egalitarian nation where all citizens, regardless of religion or ethnicity, are equal under the law and enjoy freedom of religion. He envisioned Pakistan as a democratic state founded on principles of justice, impartiality and protection of citizens' lives, property, and religious beliefs.

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JINNAH’S VISION OF PAKISTAN
Q1. When and where MA Jinnah deliver his speech?
Ans. Ans: Muhammad Ali Jinnah delivered this unforgettable and historical speech on 11th of August, 1947
in Karachi. He was addressing the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan as the first Governor General of
Pakistan.
Q2. What two functions of the Constituent Assembly did MA Jinnah refer to in the beginning
of his speech?
Ans. Quaid-e-Azam is the greatest leader of the Muslims of India. This essay is an address to the first
constituent Assembly just before the declaration of Pakistan on 14th August 1947. This address shows the
Quaid’s great political vision and legal mind.
There are two functions of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.
(1) To frame the constitution of Pakistan.
(2) To work as a fully independent central legislature of Pakistan.
First of all assembly has to frame a provisional constitution. Assembly should act as a fully independent
legislative body and it should be very careful. It will have to make suitable laws to maintain law and order in
the country. The state will have to protect the life, property and religious beliefs of the people.
Q3. What did he say about the function of the Assembly?
Ans. In the beginning of his speech he said that the first function of the Assembly was to frame the future
Constitutionof Pakistan.TheQuaidtold themembersofConstituentAssembly thatthey needed to workhard
and show great sense of responsibility for the effective performance of this task. Although it was very
demanding and laborious task to make the future constitution of Pakistan but it was the need of new born
country. Therefore, he entrusted the responsibility to Assembly to frame the Constitution of Pakistan as soon
as possible. He mentioned some of those principles which would provide base to the constitution of Pakistan.
These principles included maintaining law and order and providing complete freedom and equality to all the
citizens of Pakistan.
Q4. What did he say about second function?
Ans: About the second function Quaid-e-Azam said that now the Constituent Assembly is supreme in rank
and authority. The second function of the Constituent Assembly was to play its role as completely sovereign
and independent body as the Federal Legislature of Pakistan. He said that our country is suffering from the
curse of bribery and corruption like many other countries of world. Therefore, we must put down by harsh
and rigorous control. Jobbery’ and nepotism’ is another curse, we will have to decline it. He hoped that this
Assembly would take enough measures to eliminate these social evils.
Q5. Which legacy does MA Jinnah refer to in his speech?
Ans. The Quaid refers to the evils inherited from the British Government. These big curses are bribery and
corruption, black marketing, nepotism and Jobbery. He says that bribery and corruption are a great poison,
which destroy the people and the government. Corrupt Officers are a great curse for the nation. So this evil
must be crushed with an iron hand. The Quaid told the Assembly that it should take the right steps to put
down these evils.
Q6. What are Quaid’s view about the division of India?
Ans. As many people had to migrate from one part to another, division of certain geographical units was
also inevitable. So partition of Bengal and the Punjab took place. This was not acceptable to many of the
Muslims. But it was unavoidable and part of the agreement. That is why the Quaid said: “Much has been
said against it, but now it has been accepted. It is the duty of every-one of us to loyally abide
by it – which is final and binding on all.”

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Q7. What does he say about the minorities?
Ans. The British, the Hindus and the Muslims – all three big ones decided to divide India and it was the only
solution. But problem of minorities was still there. In this respect, the Quaid advised the members of the
Assembly to forget their differences with other communities. And all the peoples and classes of society are
equal whatever their colour, religion or belief may be. All the Muslim and Hindu religious communities are
equal. They are completely free. He says: “You may belong to any religion or caste or creed – that
has noting to do with the business of the state.”
Q8. What kind of freedom does MA Jinnah envision for the people of Pakistan?
Ans: According to the vision of Muhammad Ali Jinnah the freedom for the people of Pakistan in general
meansthatinthe dominionofthe Pakistanthelives, properties and believes of its subjects are fully protected.
Everyone is equal as a citizen of Pakistan. It is the right of every one to enjoy the full freedom of equal rights,
privileges, and obligations as a citizen of this state. Complete religious freedom, in which individuals are free
to go to their mosques, temples or any other place of worship, is also an essential feature of freedom. He said
that now it is a time to work together as a one nation for the prosperity and development of Pakistan. In this
way there will be no end of progress.
Q9. What does M.A Jinnah mean by “Hindus would cease to be Hindus, and Muslims would
cease to be Muslims”? Explain.
Ans: Muhammad Ali Jinnah says in his speech that in the course of time “Hindus would cease to be
Hindus, and Muslims would cease to be Muslims”. Those who do not have full grasp of the two
nations theory is often misled by this phrase. They wrongly infer from these words that Quaid’s vision of
Pakistan was that of a secular state in which religion would have no role to play. These remarks did not mean
that both the ‘Hindus’ and the ‘Muslims’ would lose their separate identities. It would not happen in religious
sense, it would happen only in political sense. Simply both were argued upon to work together for the
prosperity of Pakistan as its equal citizens. If the Hindus and Muslims will work in cooperation, and become
friends then they are bound to succeed.
Q10. Make a list of the fundamental principles that comprise Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan?
Ans. The Quaid emphasized the principles of justice and fair-play without any, as is put in the political
language, prejudice or ill-will, in other words, partiality or favouritism. He said that his guiding principle
would be justice and complete impartiality. Most importantly, he declared that the life, property and the
religious beliefs of every citizen should be protected by the state. Jinnah termed bribery, corruption, black
marketing, nepotism, and jobbery as evils that had to be eradicated so that the nation could prosper.