Pakistan’s independence day (also known as Yom-e-Istiqlal (Urdu: یوم استقلال )) is observed on 14 August, the day on which Pakistan was made an independent country based on border lines created by the British during the end of their rule of India. Pakistan became an independent country in 1947. The day is a national holiday in Pakistan. The day is celebrated all over the country with flag raising ceremonies, tributes to the national heroes and fireworks taking place in the capital, Islamabad. The main celebrations takes place in Islamabad, where the President and Prime Minister raise the national flag at the Presidential and Parliament buildings and deliver speeches that are televised live. In the speech, the leaders highlight the achievements of the government, goals set for the future and in the words of the father of the nation, Qud-e-Azam, bring “Unity, Faith and Discipline” to its people.

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I cordially thank you with the utmost sincerity, for the honor you have conferred upon me –the greatest honor that is possible for this Sovereign Assembly to confer-by electing me as your first President. I also thank those leaders who have spoken in appreciation of my services and their personal references to me. I sincerely hope that with your support and your cooperation we shall make this Constituent Assembly an example to the world. The Constituent Assembly has got two main functions to perform. The first is the very onerous and responsible task of framing our future Constitution of Pakistan and the second of functioning as a full and complete Sovereign body as the Federal Legislature of Pakistan. We have to do the best we can in adopting a provincial constitution for the Federal Legislature of Pakistan. You know really that not only we ourselves are wondering but, I think, the whole world is wondering at this unprecedented cyclone revolution which has brought about the plan of creating and establishing two independent Sovereign Dominions in this sub-continent. As it is, it has been unprecedented; there is no parallel in the history of the world. This mighty sub-continent with all kinds of inhabitants has been brought under a plan which is titanic, unknown, and unparalleled. And what is very important with regard to it is that we have achieved it peacefully and by means of an evolution of the greatest possible character.

Dealing with our first function in this Assembly, I cannot make any well-considered pronouncement at this moment, but I shall say a few things as they occur to me. The first and the foremost thing that I would like to emphasize is this –remember that you are now a Sovereign Legislative body and you have got all the powers. It, therefore, places on you the gravest responsibility as to how you should take your decisions. The first observation that I would like to make is this: You will no doubt agree with me that the first duty of a Government is to maintain law and order, so that the life, property and religious beliefs of its subjects are fully protected by the State.

The second thing that occurs to me is this: One of the biggest curses from which India is suffering –I do not say that other countries are free from it, but, I think, our condition is much worse –is bribery and corruption. That really is a poison. We must put that down with an iron hand and I hope that you will take adequate measures as soon as it is possible for this Assembly to do so.

Black marketing is another curse. Well, I know that black-marketers are frequently caught and punished. Judicial sentences are passed or sometimes fines only are imposed. Now you have to tackle this monster which today is a colossal crime against society, in our distressed conditions, when we constantly face shortage of food and other essential commodities of life. A citizen who does black-marketing commits, I think, a greater crime than the biggest and most grievous of crimes. These black-marketers are really knowing, intelligent and ordinarily responsible people, and when they indulge in black-marketing, I think they ought to be very severely punished, because they undermine the entire system of control and regulation of food-stuffs and essential commodities, and cause wholesale starvation and want and even death.

The next thing that strikes me is this: Here again it is a legacy which has been passed on to us. Along with many other things, good and bad, has arrived this great evil –the evil of nepotism and jobbery. This evil must be crushed relentlessly. I want to make it quite clear that I shall never tolerate any kind of jobbery, nepotism or any influence directly or indirectly brought to bear upon me. Wherever I will find that such a practice is in vogue, or is continuing anywhere, low or high, I shall certainly not countenance it.

I know there are people who do not quite agree with the division of India and the partition of the Punjab and Bengal. Much has been said against it, but now that it has been accepted, it is the duty of every one of us to loyally abide by it and honorably act according to the agreement which is now final and binding on all. But you must remember, as I have said, that this mighty resolution that has taken place is unprecedented. One can quite understand the feeling that exists between the two communities wherever one community is in majority and the other is in minority. But the question is, whether, it was possible or practicable to act otherwise than what has been done. A division had to take place. On both sides, in Hindustan and Pakistan, there are sections of people who may not agree with it, who may not like it, but in my judgment there was no other solution and I am sure future history will record its verdict in favor of it. And what is more it will be proved by actual experience as we go on that that was the only solution of India’s constitutional problem. Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster. Maybe that view is correct; may be it is not; that remains to be seen. All the same, in this division it was impossible to avoid the question of minorities being in one Dominion or the other. Now that was unavoidable. There is no other solution. Now what shall we do? Now, if we want to make this great State of Pakistan happy and prosperous we should wholly and solely concentrate on the well-being of the people and especially of the masses and the poor. If you will work in co-operation, forgetting the past, burying the hatchet you are bound to succeed. If you change your past and work together in a spirit that everyone of you, no matter to what community he belongs, no matter what relations he had with you in the past, no matter what is his color, caste or creed is first, second and last a citizen of this State with equal rights, privileges and obligations, there will be no end to the progress you will make.

I cannot emphasize it too much. We should begin to work in that spirit and in course of time all these angularities of the majority and minority communities, the Hindu community and the Muslim community –because even as regards Muslims you have Pathans, Punjabis, Shias, Sunnis and so on and among the Hindus you have Brahmins, Vashnavas, Khatris, also Bengalis, Madrasis, and so on –will vanish. Indeed, if you ask me this has been the biggest hindrance in the way of India to attain the freedom and independence for this we would have been free people a long long ago. No power can hold another nation, and specially a nation of 400 million souls in subjection; nobody could have conquered you, and even if it had happened, nobody could have continued its hold on you for any length of time but for this. Therefore, we must learn a lesson from this. You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any region or caste or creed –that has nothing to do with the business of the State. As you know, history shows that in England conditions, some time ago, were much worse than those prevailing in India today. The Roman Catholics and the Protestants persecuted each other. Even now there are some States in existence where there are discriminations made and bars imposed against a particular class. Thank God, we are not starting in those days. We are starting in the days when there is no discrimination, no distinction between one community and another, no discrimination between one caste or creed and another. We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one State. The people of England in course of time had to face the realities of the situation and had to discharge the responsibilities and burdens placed upon them by the government of their country and they went through that fire step by step. Today, you might say with justice that Roman Catholics and Protestants do not exist; what exists now is that every man is a citizen, an equal citizen of Great Britain and they are all members of the Nation.

Now, I think we should keep that in front of us as our ideal and you will find that in course of time Hindus would cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims, not in the religious sense, because that is the personal faith of each individual but in the political sense as citizens of the state.

Well, gentlemen, I do not wish to take up any more of your time and thank you again for the honor you have done to me. I shall always be guided by 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 favoritism. My guiding principle will be justice and complete impartiality, and I am sure that with your support and co-operation, I can look forward to Pakistan becoming one of the greatest Nations of the world.

I have received a message from the United States of America addressed to me. lt reads:

I have the honor to communicate to you, in Your Excellency’s capacity as President of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, the following message which I have just received from the Secretary of State of the United States.

“On the occasion of the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly for Pakistan, I extend to you and to members of the Assembly, the best wishes of the Government and the people of the United States for the successful conclusion of the great work you are about to undertake.”

63 long years have passed. In 47 leaders of India claimed that Pakistan will fall within months. We still exist and we will exist. Pakistan was a dream and dreams never die. I reckon we have still not made this dream a reality.

Pakistan is not only a dream but also a religion. It is result of sacrifices of our for fathers who made this great and sacred country in the Name of LA ILLAHA ILLAL ALLAH

So people say fore fathers, especially the leaders thought Pakistan to be a secular state. I think the slogan PAKISTAN KA MATLAB KYA? LA ILLAHA ILAL ALLAH (What is meaning of Pakistan? There is no one worthy of worship but Allah) speak for it self. This slogan mobilized the public and they sacrificed every thing on it. Basis of Pakistan was and is and will remain ISLAM. About secularism the Ayah LA KUM DEEN U KUM WALI ADEEN (FOR YOU IS YOUR RELIGON FOR US IS OURS) and LA IKRAA HU FID DEEN (THERE IS NO COMPULSION IN RELIGON) manifests that Islam is secular religion.

Today this sacred land of Pakistan is engulfed in sectarianism, sub nationalism and corruption of establishment politicians and Mullah. People say Pakistan will fall. I have faith that it will never happen. We survived after 47 and became atomic power although leaders did every thing to destroy us. We will survive this hard time also and this bad patch will lead us to greatness which we never imagined. Internal and external forces of extremism, imperialism will be defeated. Our enemies will be defeated. We will prevail. The gangster imperial powers will be disgraced and the menace of sub nationalism and religious fanaticism will be defeated.
I have hope and faith because I know its Pakistan due to which I am what I am. I PRAY FOR MY SACRED LAND MY ALLAH BLESS IT WITH GOOD LEADERSHIP AT EVERY LEVEL.

WHO LIVES IF PAKISTAN DIES AND
WHO DIES IF PAKISTAN LIVES

LONG LIVE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN

The real objective of Islam is to shift the lordship of man over man to the lordship of Allah on the earth and to stake one’s life and everything else to achieve this sacred purpose. The Arabic word “Jihad” means to struggle “or” to strive. In as much as “Jihad” is a struggle, it is a struggle against all that is perceived as evil in the cause of that which is perceived good, a cosmic and epic struggle spanning time and all dimensions of human thought and action, and transcending the physical universe. The Islamic Law regulates declaration of Jihad as also the limitations are imposed on its conduct. In Chapter II verse 190 of The Holy Quran the reference to the duty of the Muslims to “fight in the cause of God those who fight you and be not aggressors. God loveth not those who are aggressors”.

In 1933, British colonial government of India established the subcontinent’s first Air Force station near Drigh Road, now called PAF Base Faisal. In 1934, this element of the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) was extended to the north for operations in NWFP. The RIAF had also contributed to the defeat of Japanese invasion during World War II.

Within three weeks of independence, Indian hegemonic designs sparked off the first war between Pakistan and India. Pakistan’s young air arm was called upon to fly supply missions with one of the two war weary Dakotas. Contending with the unpredictable weather, the difficult terrain, and the enemy fighters was an uphill task. The strength was replenished with two more Dakotas only as the skirmishes resumed the following winters. In the narrow valleys of Kashmir, the stirring tale of Flying Officer Mukhtar Dogar defiantly scissoring his lumbering Dakota with pursuing RIAF Tempests taking pot-shots at him defined the fighting doctrine of the PAF, defend Pakistan and learn to fight outnumbered. Within the span of a year this young air force had completed 437 mercy drops, delivering more than 500 tons of supplies and food.

Whilst these brave pioneers were documenting the historic beginning of PAF, the force was faced with the enigma of finding aircraft to fly. However, despite the lack of funds and market places, PAF entered the jet age in August, 1951 with the induction of British built Attackers. Until mid-1950s PAF’s fighter force comprised nearly 100 Hawker Furies and a dwindling number of Tempests. Then, the first air defence radar was installed and the PAF was rapidly setting up its own advanced flying and technical training institutions. F-86 Sabers and T-33 jet trainers were inducted in PAF as a result of the United States (US) aid.

From 1955 to1965, the Air Force armed its squadrons with the most modern jet fighters and bombers, Sabers and F-104 Starfighters as fighters, B-57s as bombers and the ubiquitous C-130s as transport fleet. The seven years of rigorous training with realistic threat perception, planning and preparation had enabled PAF to inflict a humiliating defeat on the enemy in 1965 when the mutual hostility of the rival neighbours escalated into a war. PAF struck hard its rival and kept it reeling under tactics of shock and unpredictability. Many victories came to PAF pilots who exacted an even retribution on the enemy, leaving it in total disarray. At the end of the war, India had lost 110 aircraft with 19 damaged, not including those destroyed on the ground at night, against a loss of 16 PAF planes. Thus the outnumbered PAF emerged triumphant over a four times larger force, its air defence controllers, engineers, logisticians and hands just as much the heroes as its pilots.

The third war between the South Asian foes began when, in December 1971, the Indian Army crossed into East Pakistan and from the encircling air Bases ten squadrons of the IAF challenged the PAF’s only squadron, No 14, located at Dhaka. The Tail Choppers of 1965 rose heroically to meet the aggressors, and before their squadron was grounded by a bombed out runway, they and their ack ack gunners had destroyed 23 IAF aircraft. The PAF’s Mirages, B-57s, Sabers, F-6s and a few F-104s spearheaded Pakistan’s retaliation from the west. At war’s end IAF had lost 130 aircraft in all. The three-to-one kill ratio that Pakistan scored, however, could not prevent the tragic fall of Dhaka. The trauma of separation of East Pakistan and a preventable military catastrophe affected all Pakistanis deeply and lingered long afterwards. However a stoic recovery was brisk. PAF soon reorganised and reequipped assimilating the new threat environment on the sub-continent.

During the Afghan war in the eighties, PAF had to keep a constant vigil on its western border. Despite the fact that PAF was not allowed hot pursuit into Afghanistan, the pilots and the ground controllers together managed to shoot down eight Soviet/Afghan aircraft without a single own loss.

The post-Afghan war period witnessed a resource constraint with the drying up of traditional sources. The immediate need for induction of a hi-tech aircraft was one part of the crises; the sheer sustenance of the fleet was another. Due to economic constraints, PAF went for cost effective purchases like A-5 aircraft and such upgrades as the ROSE, which gave the old Mirages very good nav-attack, weapon delivery, and other capabilities. With this, self-reliance picked up pace and PAF worked on Griffo radar, Mistral and Anza missiles simultaneously. To keep the ageing weapon systems & aircraft from becoming obsolete, chaff and flares dispensers, radar warning receivers, and laser automation for better weapon delivery were added to the old aircrafts.

The succeeding years witnessed many significant developments including the milestones achieved by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), Kamra such as F-7P overhaul, aircraft engines maintenance, the co–production of K-8 and Super Mushshaq aircraft, the quality standards achieved by Kamra Avionics and Radar Factory. Project JF-17 Thunder was conceived to replace the PAF’s ageing, medium-tech fleet of Mirages, F-7, and A-5 aircraft that would progressively retire from service. It is planned to be a multi-role, light-weight day/night all weather fighter. It would be able to attack ground targets and ships, and engage enemy aircraft at considerable ranges. The aircraft will be inducted in PAF by 2006 and will be co-produced at PAC Kamra. This technological edge will secure both better national security environment and economic benefits for the country.

Today, new maintenance concepts and facilities are based on a more direct communication, optimum use of software database and reliable electronic networks. Accompanying the technological developments, education and training are duly accentuated with special emphasis on R & D.

In the wake of war on terrorism and with the reality of living with an implacable opponent, Pakistan Air Force keeps on an all-time vigil. During Ops- Sentinel 2001-2002, when India had amassed its forces on Pak borders, PAF remained ready for dealing a telling blow to the enemy.

Derived from the national military objectives, the PAF leadership has clearly visualised and laid down the operational doctrine for the nation’s air arm. PAF takes its pick of the finest young people in the land. It has now acquired new depths of human skills and initiative. Together, all branches of PAF are delivering unprecedented serviceability rates and efficient management of all resources. Poised on the threshold of tomorrow, PAF remains, as the Quaid said, “Second to None”; fully abreast with the requisite will and mechanism to live by its standards in the coming millennium and beyond.

Sohni dharti
Allah rakhay
qadam qadam abad
qadam qadam abad tujhay

tera her aik zarra hum ko
apni jaan say piyara
teray dum say shan hamari
tujh say naam hamara

jub tak hay ye dunya baqi
hum daikhain azad tujhay

sohni dharti allah rakhay
qadam qadam abad
qadam qadam abad tujhay

teri piyari suj dhuj ki hum
itni shan barha’ain
aanay wali naslain teri
azmat kay gun ga’ain

jub tak hay ye dunya baqi
hum daikhain azad tujhay

sohni dharti
sohni dharti
allah rakhay
qadam qadam abad
qadam qadam abad tujhay

The originator of the word PAKISTAN, Chowdhry Rehmat Ali wrote of his concepts,
” ‘Pakistan’ is both a Persian and an Urdu word. It is composed of letters taken from the names of all our homelands- ‘Indian’ and ‘Asian’, that is Punjab, Afghania (North- West Frontier Province), Kashmir, Iran, Sindh (including Kachch and Kathiawar), Tukharistan, Afghanistan and Baluchistan. It means the land of the Paks – the spiritually pure and clean. It symbolizes the religious beliefs and the ethnical stocks of our people; and it stands for all the territorial constituents of our original Fatherland. It has no other origin and no other meaning; and it does not admit of any other interpretation.”

“We have to fight a double edged battle, one against the Hindu Congress and the British Imperialists, both of them being capitalists. The Muslims demand Pakistan where they could rule according to their own code of life and according to their own cultural growth, traditions and Islamic laws.”

Quaid-e-Azam said in his presidential address in 1940:

“It is extremely difficult to appreciate why our Hindu friends fail to understand the real nature of Islam and Hinduism. They are not religions in the strict sense of the word but are, in fact, different and distinct social orders… The Hindus and Muslims belong to two different religious philosophies, social customs, literature. They belong to two different civilizations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions. Their aspects of life and our life are different.”

This Time Again The hearts Beats with National Anthem.People Feels Delighted to Heard the Songs of Freedom.We are one nation and We are Know by One.This Year We Celebrate The Year of Freedom.From Every Meadows of Khaybar Pakhtoonkah To The Green Lands of Punjab, From The dearests of Sindh To The Mountains Of Kashmir,From The mines of Balochistan To Peaks of K-2 Every Pakistani Rise And sing A Song Of Freedom.

14th August The Independence Day The Celebrations Beginssssssssssss!!!!!!!!

An idea, a conception, an initiative, Pakistan Youth Movement worked upon by a group of professional Pakistanis with a noble cause of valuing the most precious belonging of our nation “Pakistan”.

Think of contributing to the cause of your country! Ignite your spirit and employ. Yes it is still a cause and shall remain so until we make our Pakistan our country in its true sense.

Pakistan needs a movement specifically from the youth. Together it shall UNITE, RISE and ENGAGE.

1. • Factors promoting the Muslim League
   • Events leading to the foundation of the Muslim League
   • Aims and Objectives
2. 1.Factors promoting the Muslim League
   • British Plan
   • Lack of Education
   • Loss of Sovereignty by the Muslims
   • Teaching of History ( Sir Syed Ahmed Khan)
   • Religious Tinge in Expression
   • Economic Backwardness of India
3. 1 .The British Plan
   • The British changed their attitude when there was a thrust in the National Movement
   • The British tried to keep the people disunited, quarrelling and competing among themselves.
   • They tried to divide the people and encouraged communal and separatist attitude in Indian politics.
   • They encouraged provincialism.
   • They exploited the caste structure of the Indian society by playing the non-Brahmins against Brahmins.
4. 2. Lack of Education
   • Muslims kept aloof from the wave of nationalism because of the following reasons:
   • Muslims shunned Western Education and remained backward in the fields of education, industry and commerce.
   • Muslims had to recover from the shock of the loss of power after the last Mughal Emperor.
5. 3. Loss of Sovereignty
   • Sovereignty- The Power of a country to control its own government
   • 1. The British established their rule after dethroning the Mughal rule.
   • 2. After the revolt of 1857 the British considered the Muslim community as dangerous.
6. 4. Teaching of History
   • 1 .No balanced view depicting a composite culture of a country.
   • 2. History of India was written by communal minded historians.
   • 3. They divided Indian history into Hindu period and Muslim period.
   • 4.
7. 5. Religious Tinge in Expression
   • The Radical nationalists glorified India’s past with a one sided picture of our composite culture
   • They praised Shivaji and Rana Pratap Singh while remained silent of Akbar and Sher Shah Suri.
   • Tilak organised Ganapati and Shivaji festivals.
   • The British took full advantage of this situation.
8. 6. Economic backwardness of India.
   • Acute unemployment problem arose in the absence of industrialization.
   • Too many people trying to get so many few jobs.
   • Both the Hindu and Muslim communities failed to understand that the British were responsible for the acute shortage of jobs.
9. 2. Events leading to the foundation of Muslim League
   • 1. Influence of Sir Syed Khan
   • 2. Hindi Urdu controversy
   • 3. Partition of Bengal
   • 4. Deputation to Lord Minto ( 1906)
10. Influence of Sir Syed Khan
    • A great religious and educational reformer.
    • He realised that the reason for Muslim backwardness was their lack of education.
    • He tried to bring the teaching of the Quran in line with modern ideas and stressed the value of service.
    • Established the Mohammedan Anglo OrientalCollege at Aligarh.
    • He opposed the policies of the Indian Congress and organised a counter movement.
    • He advised the Muslims to remain loyal to the British and support their rule in India.
    • 7. Also advised them not to identify themselves with the Hindus and the Congress.
11. 2. Hindi Urdu controversy
    • UP- Urdu had been the court language.
    • All the petitions had to be written in Urdu.
    • Hindus demanded petitions in Hindi and the court summons and official announcements should be issued in Hindi and Urdu.
    • Govt granted their request.
    • This was resented by Muslims.
    • This strained the relations between Hindus and Muslims further.
12. 3.Partition of Bengal
    • 1. One of the professed aims of Lord Curzon in dividing Bengal was to set the Hindus and Muslims at odds with each other.
    • 2. Partition was meant to deal a crushing blow to the growing influence of Congress.
    • 3. Muslim leaders strongly supported the partition, because Eastern Bengal and Assam with Dhaka as its capital, gave them a majority
13. The Objectives Of Muslim League
    • To promote, among the Muslims of India, feelings of Loyalty to the British Government and to remove any misconception that may arise as to the intentions of the Government with regard to Indian Government.
    • To protect and advance the political right of the Muslims of India and to represent their needs and aspirations to the government.
    • To prevent the rise among the Muslims of India, of any feelings of hostility towards other communities without prejudice to the aforesaid object of the League.