Independence Day

INDEPENDANCE DAY

means a day when we had got freedom from not only English brute rulers but freedom from want from fulfillment of right needs.

The dream of Muffakir-e-Pakistan (The Thinker of Pakistan) Dr Allama Iqbal , the untiring efforts, and dauntless courage of Quaid e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah , come true ,On 14 August 1947 , in a blessing month of Ramdan -ul - Mubarak , (27 Ramadan, 1366 Hijri) , a country come over the world map as the name :

“ The Islamic Republic of Pakistan''

The Land which is found by many hardships, by struggle of Muslims leaders & Muslims of sub-continent.

The Two Nation Theory was a founding principle of the Pakistan Movement.

Quaid- e – Azam united the Indian Muslims under the banner of the Muslim League and carved out a homeland for them, despite stiff opposition from the Hindu Congress and the British Government.

“ World Biggest MIGRATION OF HUMAN BEING ON EARTH ''

Where, Over 1 million people migrated from India to Pakistan

Millions left for their promised new homeland with smiles on their faces as trains left both India and Pakistan.

This is a train to Pakistan being given a warm send-off.

In 1947, the border between India and its new neighbor Pakistan became a river of blood, as the exodus erupted into rioting.

These pictures are by Margaret Bourke-White from Khushwant Singh's book Train to Pakistan, Roli Books.

Overcrowded trains leaving for Pakistan following the partition.

Another image of people on the train to Pakistan .

Over 10 million people were uprooted from their homeland and travelled on foot, bullock carts and trains to their promised new home.

An aged and abandoned Muslim couple and their grandchildren sitting by the the roadside on this arduous journey.

"The old man is dying of exhaustion. The caravan has gone on," wrote Bourke-White.

In a couple of months in the summer of 1947, a million people were slaughtered on both sides in the religious rioting.

Here, bodies of the victims of rioting are picked up from a city street.

The massive exchange of population that took place in the summer of 1947 was unprecedented.

It left behind a trail of death and destruction. The Indian map was slashed to make way for a new country - Pakistan.

The street was short and narrow. Lying like the garbage across the street and in its open gutters were bodies of the dead

With the tragic legacy of an uncertain future, a young refugee sits on the walls of Purana Qila, transformed into a vast refugee camp in Delhi.

Men, women and children who died in the rioting were cremated on a mass scale.

Villagers even used oil and kerosene when wood was scarce.

''WORLD'S BIGGEST MIGRATION OF HUMAN BEING ON EARTH TOOK PLACE ''

Quaid-e-Azam said (5, March 1948 )

“ No doubt, there are many people who do not quite appreciate when we talk of Islam. Islam is not only a set of rituals, traditions and spiritual doctrines. Islam is also a code for every Muslim, which regulates his life and his conduct in even politics and economics and the like. It is based upon highest principles of honor, integrity, fair play and justice for all.” (Jinnah, 5th March 1948).

Now the world understand- Pakistan ka matlab kya : “ Laa ilaaha illal lah '' !

“ Salute to Pakistan by Kasbitian ''

aey pak watan jab bhi tu ne pukara

hum barh kar badal daingay burray waqt ka dhara

niklain gay kafan baandh k sar pe teray betay

goonjay ga arsh pe teray naam ka na’ara

hum teri mohabbat ki qasam khaye huwaye hain

aey pak watan tu humain jaan se piyara hai

yeh shehar, yeh karriye, yeh gulistan, yeh bahaarain

jannat se fuzoon tar teray sehraa ka nizara

bin teray apna koi thikana bhi nahi hai

bin teray kahan dhoondnay jayengay sahara

hai meray liye TAKHAT E SULEMAAN teri mitti

hai mujh ko teri khaak ka bhi sitara

"Happy Independence Day "

By : Fauzia .H. Rizvi

KASBIT