Jinnah and the creation of Pakistan

Abstract

The study is based on pure Library study from an historian viewpoint and attempts to cover at length the role Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah played as the Creation of Pakistan. Though, the time cover which he spent in the office was brief and less than thirteen months after the Creation of Pakistan, yet the significance of the period cannot be destabilized. Pakistan soon after its creation had to struggle a battle for its survival. At the same time efforts were made to put the new nation on the path of peace and progress, which could lead it to become one of the trend setting states in the times to come. Jinnah, being the Governor- General of the country always remained the center point. The main question discussed in the research is whether or not Jinnah was justified in exercising executive powers while he was only the Constitutional Head? The sources consulted during the research made it clear that both the Provisional Constitutional order and Indian Independence Act, provide the Governor-General of Pakistan most of the executive powers, quite disparate the powers of the Head of the State in the Parliamentary form of Government. Moreover the Constituent Assembly of the country, Federal Cabinet, politicians at centreas well as in the provinces, and above all the citizens of Pakistan were ever willing to give up their powers for Jinnah not only as Governor-General but more so as their Quaid-i-Azam. All these powers brought with them farm duties on the shoulders of the man who was already fighting a war with his ever deteriorating health. Jinnah forgot about his personal survival and consumed all his energies struggling for the survival of Pakistan. He effectively provided the platform for the formation of new nation Organs: Executive, legislature and Judiciary. He personally took interest in and successfully managed to reduce the intensity of the problems created due to the communal riots, influx of refugees etc created at the time of the birth of Pakistan. His legal efforts regarding the accession of Princel