Pictures of the Day: The other side of Mr. Jinnah

Posted on July 1, 2006
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There picture are not of very high quality, but I am very fond of them because they depict a very different side of Mohammad Ali Jinnah from the one that our official discourse allows us to see.

A side that we have often ignored, and sometimes purposely tried to hide. It is a more human side. A less camouflaged side. A side that depicts a ‘normal’ person–flaws and all–rather than a ‘perfect leader.’

It is a side that, in fact, makes Mr. Jinnah more complete than our official depictions would have him be. Without this side, he cannot be complete or be completely understood.

The picture on the top-left was taken in Bombay with his daughter Dina and his dogs; top-right is taken on a vacation in Kashmir (I believe), with Dina and Begum Liaquat Ali Khan; the third picture may well be from the same vacation in Kashmir.

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  1. Zara Shahid says:
    June 18th, 2007 10:25 am

    Jinnah- a most spectacular leader, a most clever lawyer, a most successful politician, a most pleasant talker and of course a great person.
    There is not enough that can be said about our great Jinnah, some one who made our existance evident on the world map.
    there is not a leader who has achieved what our Jinnah pursued.
    this is a greay site as it mentions my respected quaid.
    plus, the pictures are just great.!!!!
    one of our Jinnah’s sayings are: ‘Work, work, work and you are bound to succeed’

  2. May 11th, 2007 12:28 pm

    Another wonderful photograph: http://dawn.com/2007/05/11/SlideShow/pic20.jpg

  3. Yasir says:
    April 17th, 2007 11:49 pm

    WONDERFUL JINNAH….WE WILL INSHALLAH MAKE PAKISTAN JINNAH’s PAKISTAN….

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