Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Mizar-e-Quaid- the final resting place of a great man Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a 20th century lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam (Urdu: قائد اعظم — "Great Leader") and Baba-e-Qaum (بابائے قوم) ("Father of the Nation").
Mohammad Ali Jinnah

As the first Governor-General of Pakistan, Jinnah led efforts to lay the foundations of the new state of Pakistan, frame national policies and rehabilitate millions of Muslim refugees who had migrated from India.
Jinnah died aged 71 in September 1948, just over a year after Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire.

He was from Karachi, and his final resting place is also in Karachi. So being a Pakistani it is wrong if i go to karachi and dont pay a visit on his tomb, i know its not important from religious point of view but being a pakistani i should pay him respect by atleast going there and saying fateha for him. Plus there are so many more places associated with him which one should visit in order to connect to ones roots

so below pictures are related to Jinnah.

Me at Jinnah's Tomb known as "Mizar-e-Quaid"- Thanks khala for taking this picture

Mr. Jinnah's Birth Place known as "Wazeer Mansion"- now a Quaid-e-Azam Museum

A gaurd at Mr. Jinnah's Tomb

Same picture but in Colour

Mr. Jinnah's Grave is under this point , the door behind the gaurd you see leads to his actual grave not accessible to general public


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