Thursday, May 10, 2012

An argument of Hamza Alavi re-examined

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Hamza Alavi is attributed with the following argument by Prof. Ishtiaq Ahmed : I n the Prof. Karrar Husain Memorial Lecture entitled ‘So...

Jinnah's in camera speech to the Muslim League Working Committee, April 1943

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From: The Transfer of Power 1942-47, Volume III, 21 September 1942-12 June 1943, editors Mansergh, Lumby. Emphasis added. ...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Pakistan is for the elite Muslims to preserve their privileges

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Pakistan is being demanded in the name of Muslims so that the present housetop-shouters of Muslim League may enjoy dictatorial rights in t...
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Zamindari and the Muslim League

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The following is included in the Jinnah Papers (edited by Z.H. Zaidi, Volume XIII, item #3) - a letter from a Sikh zamindar to M.A. Jinnah....
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

A comparison of Muslims and Hindus

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This note, below the fold, is by Chowdhury Mubarak Hossain, dated April 3, 1946, and is included in the Jinnah Papers (edited by Z.H. Zaid,...
Saturday, April 28, 2012

Jinnah: Bengali Muslims are from outside

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In Dhaka (Dacca), addressing a public meeting, March 21, 1948, Jinnah tried to calm the apprehensions of the East Pakistanis about the of...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Ispahani: We are from outside

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Mirza Abol Hassan Ispahani was Pakistan's first Ambassador to the U.S.A.  In his letter to Jinnah, dated September 19, 1947, he enclose...