Secular Pakistan: ‘Pakistanis should know Quaid’s Aug 11 speech by heart’

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Re: Secular Pakistan: ‘Pakistanis should know Quaid’s Aug 11 speech by heart’

@Faris_Udeen

He was the founder, of that there is no question.

But he was not the sole founder, others had thier part too, hero worship is also wrong. Yes he is Qaid E Azam but he is not awal aur akhir… nobody can say that another man cannot go further… by your logic lets also say that Bhutto was the father of masses, theres no question when it comes to democratic power Bhutto enjoyed even more support than Qaid E Azam… is Bhutto as important today? Or have people moved on?

Jinnah had it right, but that was then, and even so the man was not entirely faultless, all men make mistakes. Napolean is also the father of Modern France but people there have moved on, just like to an extent Lenin is the father of Russian democracy how times have changed… even America does not follow the steps of Washington, Jefferson or Franklin.

Pakistan wont be able to ressurect Jinnah we need to look for alternatives, I used to think Jinnah was the man who led the Nation to freedom… no he did not, he just put us on the path, freedom is yet to be achieved.

Moses led the Isrealites but it was Yusha ben Noon who completed his task, likewise there is nothing that lasts forever… if people failed Jinnah they probably aint worthy of him anyway, so they can either die or come up with something different.

I agree great ideas are immortal but that does not mean humans will always follow them, Jinnah had it right at the time, but times change even Jinnah would fail today… becuase the challenges are much greater.

So Jinnsh had it right. So why would he fail now? What would you suggest be done that is different from Jinnahs vision and why?