In a speech to the New Delhi press club on July 14, 1947, the founder of Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah said:
“Minorities, to whichever community they may belong, will be safeguarded. Their religion, faith or belief will be secure. There will be no interference of any kind with their freedom of worship. They will have their protection with regard to their religion, faith, their life and their culture. They will be, in all respects, the citizens of Pakistan without any distinction of caste and creed”
Mr. Jinnah forcefully defended the rights of the minorities to be protected and have their belief respected.
In today’s Pakistan we have forgotten the basis on which the new state of Pakistan was founded. Religious
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