HEROS

QUAID-E-AZAM

"Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Mohammad Ali Jinnah did all three."

Stanley Wolpert

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan was born in Karachi on December 25th, 1876. He got his early education at Karachi and at the age of 16 he went to England for further studies. In 1896, Jinnah qualified for the Bar and in 1897 was called to the Bar. It was his struggle that despite stiff opposition from the Hindu Congress and the British Govt., Muslims of Sub continent managed to get their own home land on August 14, 1947. Jinnah was a man of principles. He was probably the only person among all the big leaders of the world, who never went to jail. He was the first Governor General of Pakistan.

His motto was Unity, Faith and Discipline.

ALLAMA IQBAL

Allama Iqbal, a great poet-philosopher and an active political leader was born in 1877 in Sialkot. He obtained Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Government College Lahore. Later he proceeded to Europe for higher studies and did his doctorate at Munich and finally he was able to qualify as a barrister. In 1908, on returning to India, besides teaching and practicing Law, Iqbal continued to write poetry. He resigned from the Government service in 1911 and took to the propagation of his individual thinking to the Muslims through his poetry.


CHAUDARY RAHMAT ALI

M.A. and L.L.B. with honors from the universities of Cambridge and Dublin. It was during the years 1930 and 1933 that he seemed to have established "The Pakistan National Movement" with its headquarters in Cambridge. On January 28, 1933 he issued his first memorable pamphlet "Now or never, Are we to live or perish for ever ?" He was the first to coin the word "Pakistan" in 1933.

LIAQUAT ALI KHAN

He was a Pakistani statesman who became the 1st prime minister of Pakistan, Defense minister and commonwealth, Kashmir Affairs. He was also the first finance minister in the interim government of British India prior to the independence of both India and Pakistan in 1946. Liaquat rose to political prominence as a member of the All India Muslim League.  (1 October 1895 – 16 October 1951) 

SIR SYED AHMED KHAN

The greatest Muslim reformer and statesman of the 19th Century, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was born in Delhi on October 17, 1817. His family on the maternal and paternal side had close contacts with the Mughal court. His maternal grandfather, Khwajah Farid was a Wazir in the court of Akbar Shah II. His paternal grandfather Syed Hadi held a mansab and the title of Jawwad Ali Khan in the court of Alamgir II. His father, Mir Muttaqi, had been close to Akbar Shah since the days of his prince-hood. Syed Ahmad's mother, Aziz-un-Nisa, took a great deal of interest in the education and upbringing of her son. She imposed a rigid discipline on him and Sir Syed himself admitted that her supervision counted for much in the formation of his character.