National
December 25, 2020
American historian Stanley Wolpert in his book “Jinnah of Pakistan” while commending the services of the Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah wrote: “Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Mohammad Ali Jinnah did all three.”
Not only Stanley Wolpert but many veteran writers, historians, scholars of international repute have acknowledged the towering personality of the founder of Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, who emerged as the heroic personality for the Muslim Ummah in the 20th century.
In the initial years of Pakistan, no effort was made to archive partition history or do some research on the personality of the Quaid, though it was easier at that time when many of the stalwarts of Pakistan movement who worked with him were alive and could have contributed towards penning down the historical account of Pakistan Movem
India’s relentless terror campaign
Experts say New Delhi’s fingerprints can be seen over many incidents
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets officers as he arrives to attend Independence Day celebrations at the historic Red Fort in Delhi, India, August 15, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
KARACHI:
From funding a long-running global disinformation campaign to sponsoring terrorism, Pakistan’s arch-foe India’s fingerprints can be seen over many incidents that have caused bloodshed, pain and suffering.
Recent evidence presented by a senior aide of the prime minister on national security suggests India was involved in all major terrorist attacks against Pakistan, including the infamous assault on the Army Public School in Peshawar that killed 145 people – 132 of them uniformed schoolchildren. The eight-hour long carnage in Peshawar is still the deadliest attack in the country’s history.