Quaid-e-Azam’s daughter, grandson watch Pak-India match

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Quaid-e-Azam’s daughter, grandson watch Pak-India match

LAHORE: It was a historic and touching moment on Wednesday when the daughter and grandson of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah set foot on Pakistan soil for the first time as they came to watch the fifth and final one-day international between Pakistan and India.

Dina the only daughter of the father of the nation and her son Nusli Wadia were warmly received by the people when they drove into the Gaddafi Stadium led by the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan.

As a heavy contingent of photographers struggled with each other to get the best shots of the Quaid’s daughter and grandson, the 85-year old Dina said: “I have come here to watch the cricket. May the best team win today,” before she was rushed off by the security personnel.

Nusli Wadia, who heads the famous Bombay Dyeing mills, said briefly while walking away that he was very happy to be in Pakistan as it was his first visit to Pakistan. “It is a nice feeling to be in Pakistan finally,” he said.

The Quaid’s daughter and her son were later joined by President General Pervaz Musharraf who also came to the match for a short while and exchanged pleasantries with them flanked by number of ministers from Pakistan and India.

The security for the President was so tight that for the period he remained in the stadium, it was controlled by army personal.

Former Squash legend Jahangir Khan who also came for the match said it was very nice to know that the daughter of Quaid-e-Azam and her son were in Lahore to watch the match. “It is a very special moment for all of us,” he added.

Jahangir said he had been surprised at the way the people had responded to the Pakistan and India cricket series.

“The enthusiasm for the series and towards the teams is incredible. And the icing on the cake is that the cricket played has been of the highest quality,” he said.

Jahangir who won a record ten British open titles and six World open crowds and ruthlessly dominated the world squash scene for over a decade hoped that the present series would convince the Indian government and people that the Pakistani people were peace loving and wanted friendly relations with them.

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was posted earlier in gen as well

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i was really dissapoinetd to learn in a news item in dawn yesterday that Dina Wadia had actually asked the govt not to publicise her visit and that no news reporters should get near her and thet she wont be giving any interviews at all.
i think this was rude.
we pakistanis almost worship our QuaideAzam. it was very exciting and was great feeling to have his children in pakistan during such a special time. people were hungry for a few words or a single appearance in an interview by theie QuaideAazam's daughter and grandson. but she bluntly broke the nation's heart escaping us.
every pakistani would have loved to see atleast a half hour interview or a mere dicussion on tv. perhaps just in a news paper...
maybe they just dont know who their father/grandfather was. what he did for millions. how high he is regarded by the whole world. but why!? and isnt it a shame they live in India...?didnt they live in england...?
how unlucky they are to not know what a great father/grandfather they had.
it's strange really. do they never feel awkward...?

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^ she also broke Quaid's heart!

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She means nothing to me!! She left the Quiad for some man!! She broke his heart and i hate her and all her offspring!!

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i was a bit surprised too that they actually live in india..i didnt know anything bout them before the visit

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Same here. Didn't realise he had offspring at all let alone living inside or outside Pakistan.

Assumptions! Bad thing. Bad thing.

Either way, couldn't give a toss.

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Well, what this woman decided to do about her life is her own decision. She should mean nothing to Pakistan other than a mention that she is the daughter of the Quaid. She never realized the amazing acheivement of her father. No man stood in front of a superpower and against all odds used the superpower's own laws to create a country called Pakistan. I hope she got what she wanted out of life, because if I was the kid of the Quaid, I could only imagine what kind of repect and place in society one would have.

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and whats more depressing is the fact that she got divorced from Mr. Wadia...

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why do you guys start pickingup on people based on their personal preferences and interests. Whatever she did, she did it for herself (period). She was the Quied 's daughter, fair enough, we 'll respect her but other than that what she did and where she chose to live should not be of concern to us. Whether she broke her father 's heart or not, I believe is also something between herself and her father. Right we can analyze, discuss and debate keeping in view M.Ali Jinnah's life but besides that we are no one to decide whether what she did was right or wrong.

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I feel nothing. :confused:

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She and her children visited Quaid’s Mazar yesterday…

http://www.dawn.com/2004/03/27/top11.htm

***“This has been very sad and wonderful for me. May his dream for Pakistan come true,” wrote Dina Wadia in the visitors’ book, reflecting the emotional experience she had gone through during the 50-minute stay at the mausoleum. ***

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She shouldn't have even been allowed into Pakistan for the way she broke Quaid's heart. When he didn't want to see her, why should we?

Secondly, she married a non-Muslim...Unacceptable!

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The Quaid and his sister made so many personal sacrifices for Pakistan, and leaving his beloved daughter Dina was amongst them. He was a man of principles, and he proved that he was truely fighting for the rights of all the Muslims, and he would not keep a soft corner for her daughter. However, there was a blood bond between the two, and despite everything that transpired, she still is his daughter and deserves our respect (Islamabad, please consider that). Maybe she is abiding by the Quaid's wishes by avoiding the publicity. Can anyone post a picture of the the grandson too?

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Very few in India know Nusli Wadia is son of Jinnah. Most people know him as a textile magnate. Dina Wadia is more famous as Nusli Wadia's mother than as Jinnah's daughter.

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more depressing...how unlucky they are...it's sad really.
while children of of men who were half the man Jinnah was live such glorious lives these people seem to be content only with their money made through selling textile and dyes...
look at Nehru's family, the protocol Sonia and Priyanka Gandhi get, look at Benazir Bhutto, grand daughter of another prepartition politician-Z A bhutto's father.
it is in a way respectable that Dina and her family stay away from politics and dont want to be used by parties, but that doesnt mean they had to stay in pakistan for just 3 days and not talk to any media.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Haris Zuberi: *
more depressing...how unlucky they are...it's sad really.
while children of of men who were half the man Jinnah was live such glorious lives these people seem to be content only with their money made through selling textile and dyes...
look at Nehru's family, the protocol Sonia and Priyanka Gandhi get, look at Benazir Bhutto, grand daughter of another prepartition politician-Z A bhutto's father.
it is in a way respectable that Dina and her family stay away from politics and dont want to be used by parties, but that doesnt mean they had to stay in pakistan for just 3 days and not talk to any media.
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Well yar, I am kinda glad they stayed away from politics. I mean our people have not treated politicians like they should have. Look at the disrespect people like Ayub, Bhutto, even Fatima Jinnah got.

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*Originally posted by Spock: *

Well yar, I am kinda glad they stayed away from politics. I mean our people have not treated politicians like they should have. Look at the disrespect people like Ayub, Bhutto, even Fatima Jinnah got.
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yeah i guess youre right spock.