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- Title
Jinnah - Liaquat Partnership and the Muslim Cause in South Asia.
- Authors
Dar, Farooq Ahmad
- Abstract
If Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was the commander of the Muslims of South Asia during their struggle for freedom, Liaquat Ali Khan played the important role of his most trusted lieutenant. Both of them possessed almost opposite traits - Jinnah was a skinny figure with a serious personality and was hardly found mingling up with people and developing friendship; on the other hand Liaquat was a stocky figure with a smiling face. He was good not only at dealing with the people but was also very friendly and people used to enjoy his company (Moon, 1974, 147). Jinnah was always shy of the camera but Liaquat was always aware of the camera and used to look at its lens (Long, 2005, 125).Yet the diversity in personality helped them establishing an unbroken partnership, which led to the creation of Pakistan. The differences in temperament were overcome by the fact that the two of them shared a common passion to serve their people. Both had legal minds, lived in England and understood the British psyche. Financially, the two of them were well-off and thus they had neither to work nor to live on donations and could devote their full time to their main cause. Liaquat had great respect for Jinnah and Jinnah trusted Liaquat the most. Liaquat accepted Jinnah as his leader and willingly played the role of his deputy. No doubt, there was a long list of people who were ever ready to assist Jinnah, but in his eyes Liaquat held a special position. The tasks, which were against the profile of Jinnah or the assignments in which Jinnah did not want to come up front, were always assigned to Liaquat and he, on most of the occasions, successfully performed them.
- Subjects
JINNAH, Muhammad Ali, 1876-1948; KHAN, Liaquat Ali, 1895-1951; PAKISTANI history
- Publication
Journal of Political Studies, 2015, Vol 22, Issue 2, p453
- ISSN
1994-1080
- Publication type
Article