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1563-9444. Website. dawn.com. Dawn is a Pakistani English-language newspaper that was launched in British India by Jinnah in 1941. It is the largest English newspaper in Pakistan, and is widely considered the country's newspaper of record. [2][3][4] Dawn is the flagship publication of the Dawn Media Group, which also owns local radio station ...
e. Muhammad Ali Jinnah[a] (born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai[b]; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, and then as the Republic of Pakistan 's first governor-general until ...
The Jinnah family (Urdu: خاندان جناح) (Gujarati: ઝીણા) [2] was a political family of Pakistan. It has played an important role in the Pakistan Movement for creation of Pakistan, a separate country for Muslims of India. The family held the leadership of All-India Muslim League, and its successor, Muslim League, until it was ...
The Fourteen Points of Jinnah were proposed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in response to the Nehru report. It consisted of four Delhi proposals, the three Calcutta amendments, demands for the continuation of separate electorates and reservation of seats for Muslims in government services and self-governing bodies. In 1928, an All Parties Conference ...
Jinnah's Birthday, officially Quaid-e-Azam Day and sometimes known as Quaid Day, is a public holiday in Pakistan observed annually on 25 December to celebrate the birthday of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, known as Quaid-i-Azam ("Great Leader"). A major holiday, commemorations for Jinnah began during his lifetime in 1942, and ...
On 8 June 2014, 10 militants armed with automatic weapons, a rocket launcher, suicide vests, and grenades attacked Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. 36 people were killed, including all 10 attackers, and 18 others were wounded. [2] The militant organisation Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) initially claimed responsibility for ...
Dina Wadia (née Jinnah; 15 August 1919 – 2 November 2017) was the only child and daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, and Rattanbai Petit. [2][3][4] Wadia belonged to some of the most prominent families of the Indian subcontinent, notably, the Jinnah family through her father, the Petit family through her mother ...
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