SEPTEMBER 11is the 69th death anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Quaid-i-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the benefactor of tens of millions of Muslims of South Asia.

TheQuaid`s personality was charismatic and dynamic. History has few examples of such great personalities.

Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, a renowned lawyer of Pakistan, wrote: `Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah had a combination of rare qualities. He had the charisma of Churchill, dignity of de Gaulle, magnetism of Mandela and objectivity of Obama.

Edgar Snow, well-known American author, noted: `Even if one only appraised Jinnah as a barrister, it would be to acknowledge that he had won the most monumental judgement in the history of the Bar. He had realised in the romantic ideal of Pakistan a case that was fought and won.

Sir Stafford Cripps spoke of him as `a most accomplished lawyer, outstanding amongst Indian lawyers and a fine constitutionalist`.

IftikharMirza IslamabadSEPTEMBER 11is the 69th death anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Quaid-i-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the benefactor of tens of millions of Muslims of South Asia.

TheQuaid`s personality was charismatic and dynamic. History has few examples of such great personalities.

Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, a renowned lawyer of Pakistan, wrote: `Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah had a combination of rare qualities. He had the charisma of Churchill, dignity of de Gaulle, magnetism of Mandela and objectivity of Obama.

Edgar Snow, well-known American author, noted: `Even if one only appraised Jinnah as a barrister, it would be to acknowledge that he had won the most monumental judgement in the history of the Bar. He had realised in the romantic ideal of Pakistan a case that was fought and won.

Sir Stafford Cripps spoke of him as `a most accomplished lawyer, outstanding amongst Indian lawyers and a fine constitutionalist`.

IftikharMirza Islamabad