BANGKOK:Liaquat H Merchant, a grand-nephew of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and President of the Jinnah Society has said that Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah had struggled for independence of Pakistan from the exploitation of British and domination of Hindus. Therefore, the citizens of of Pakistan specially youth must know the importance of the idea, vision and ideals of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah about Pakistan, as they have to lead the country in future.
Delivering a lecture on Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s idea of Pakistan to the students of Sindh Madressatul Islam University, in a Guest Lecture Session, on Wednesday at Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto Auditorium of the university, Mr. Liaquat Merchant said the idea of Pakistan will never die, because it was based on the vision of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
He said that Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah had wanted to get political as well as economical independence for Pakistan. Hence, we succeeded in getting political independence but we still have to get economical independence,” Mr. Liaquat Merchant said and added that the Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s ideology is bridge among all countrymen.
He also talked on Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s struggle for creation of Pakistan and role of Gandhi, Nehru and other leaders of Congress against the Muslims, in detail.
Liaquat Merchant also unfolded some facts about the Last Will of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, in which the Founder of Pakistan had bequeathed one third of his property to his Alma-Mater Sindh Madressatul Islam.
Liaquat Merchant said that, when he had become Administrator of the Quaid-e-Azam Trust in 1980, the share of Sindh Madressatul Islam from the Quaid’s will was received by the then head of a private body – Sindh Madressah Board, Nisar Effendi, and unfortunately that money instead of giving to Sindh Madressah, he used elsewhere.
“It was shocking for me that Sindh Madressah couldn’t get its money from the Last Will of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. I apologize to Sindh Madressatul Islam University for that,” the grand-nephew of Quaid –e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah said.
He also thanked Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh, Vice Chancellor of SMIU for inviting him to deliver a lecture to students of SMIU on Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh, Vice Chancellor of Sindh Madressatul Islam University in his speech said it was very important to keep aware to our young generation about life, ideology and struggle of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh said that it was a fact that Muslims were deprived of their almost all rights in undivided India. Referring to the situation of Sindh of that time Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh said that even Sindh, there was a division among Muslims and Hindus.
“When Hassanally Effendi, who was the vice president of Sindh Sabha, had presented the idea of establishment of a school for Muslims of Sindh before Sindh Sabha, as there was no modern school for them, the president of Sindh Sabha Diwan Dayaram Jethmal and other Hindu members of the organization had opposed it. As a result, the Sindh Sabha was divided into two factions of Muslims and Hindus,” Dr Shaikh said and added that after that Hassanally Effendi had established Sindh Madressatul Islam and Dayaram Jethmal had founded Sindh Arts College, later known as D.J. Sindh College.
Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh said it is important to educate our youth about the reasons of creation of Pakistan, because today’s students are leaders of tomorrow.
On that occasion Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh presented a shield to Mr. Liaquat Marchant. Mrs. Ameena Saiyid, General Secretary of the Jinnah Society, deans, chairpersons, faculty, administrative staff and students of SMIU attended the lecture program.