Azad Jammu Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq has said that Independence Day (I-Day) was being celebrated with patriotic zeal and fervour all across Pakistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir. “It was on this day (14th August 1947) that the world’s largest ideological Islamic state came into being under the wise and visionary leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah”, the PM said, adding that the establishment of Pakistan was a manifestation of the aspirations of millions of Muslims of the subcontinent.
He said that the 14th August 1947 was a historic day when Allama Iqbal’s dream of a separate homeland for Muslims of the subcontinent came true. In his special message issued on the occasion of Pakistan’s Independence Day on Monday, the PM said that the historic day reminds us of the relentless struggle and sacrifices of our ancestors. Paying eulogizing tributes to the father of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and other founding leaders of the Pakistan movement, the PM said that Quaid-i-Azam organized the Muslim League on the basis of a two-nation theory and united all the Muslims of the subcontinent under one flag.
The PM also appreciated the government, people and the armed forces of Pakistan for standing in support and solidarity of the people of Kashmir through all thick and thin. The PM said that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s dynamic leadership, unwavering faith, perseverance.