UNIT
6
The
Quid’s Vision
1. During
the early and difficult times of Pakistan’s emergence, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad
Ali Jinnah, undertook a countrywide tour. He aimed at raising people’s spirit.
“Do not be overwhelmed by the enormity
of the task”, he said in a speech at Lahore, “There are many examples in the
history of young nations building themselves up by sheer determination and
force of character. You are made of sterling material and second to none. Keep
up your morale. Do not be afraid of death. We should face it bravely to save
the honour of Pakistan and of Islam. Do your duty and have
faith in Pakistan. It has come to stay.”
2. The
whole journey of the great leader’s struggle for a separate homeland for the
Muslims of the subcontinent was based on the pivot of the Muslim unity and
oneness as a nation. He talked about Pakistan in such clear terms that a common
man could understand it.
“We are a nation,” he affirmed three years
before the birth of Pakistan, “with our own distinctive culture and
civilization, language and literature, art and architecture, names and
nomenclature, sense of values and proportion, legal laws and moral codes,
custom and calendar, history and tradition, aptitude and ambitions — in short,
we have our own distinctive outlook on life.”
3. The
ideology of Pakistan was based on the fundamental principle that the Muslims
are an independent nation. Any attempt to get them merge their national and
political identity will be strongly resisted.
4. Quaid-e-Azam
was a man of strong faith and belief. He firmly believed that the new emerging
state of Pakistan based on Islamic principles would reform the society as a
whole. In his Eid message, September 1945, Quaid-e-Azam said, “Islam is a
complete code regulating the whole Muslim society, every department of life
collectively and individually”.
5. Today
the Quaid’s Pakistan is facing numerous challenges. We have forgotten how much struggle
Muslims had made under the dynamic leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad All
Jinnah. We can overcome our present difficulties by following the Quaid’s
golden motto, “Faith, Unity and Discipline”. We can make our nation strong by
remembering his advice to the youth, “It is now up to you to work, work and
work; and we are bound to succeed:’
EXERCISE SOLUTION: The Quid’s Vision
A. Answer the following questions.
1. How much confidence did
Quaid-e-Azam have in his nation?
2. What was the Quaid's concept
of our nation?
3. What was the ideology of Pakistan
in view of Quaid-e-Azam?
4. What can be the possible
solution to our present problems?
5. How can we become a strong nation?
A. Encircle the option for the underlined words that relates to the text.
1. "We are a nation",
he affirmed three years before the birth of Pakistan,
a. told b. said emphatically c. broke in
2. The Quaid was a man of strong
faith and belief.
a. firm faith b. powerful faith c. wavering faith
3. Keep up you morale.
a. wealth b. self-esteem c.
voice
4. Do not be afraid of death.
a. attended to b. scared c.
squared up
5. We should face it bravely to
save the honour of Pakistan and Islam,
a. repair b. cope with c.
correct
B. Consult a thesaurus and find the synonyms of the following words.
morale, voyage, ambition,
nomenclature, Identity, distinctive, emergence, struggle, numerous, strong,
ideology
C. Write the antonyms of the following words.
confidence, honour, belief,
separate, unity, political
D. Use the following idioms in sentences.
bits and pieces, man in the street,
raising spirit, pass through, fall a prey
A. Find the kinds of adverbs in the lesson.
1. Adverb of manner ___________________
2. Adverb of place ___________________
3. Adverb of time ___________________
4. Adverb of frequency ___________________
5. Adverb of degree ___________________
B. Write five sentences using adverbs of manner, place and time in correct sequence.
C. Make sentences using the following verbs followed by infinitives
saw, promised, wanted, began,
asked, told, decided
D. Complete these phrases by adding gerunds and use them in sentences,
good at, accused of, sad at,
tired of
E. Complete the following conditionals.
1. If you had studied hard
2. If you had come to me
3. If I had seen him
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