Respected sir greatest,

I am a citizen of the country you founded 67 years ago.

I understand that you did not live long enough to see the shape your dream took on
after you left for the hereafter.

Sixty-seven years is a long time; the youth today is the third generation of the
one that had thronged your jalsas and served as the main force that converted the
demand of a homeland into a successful movement.

A lot has happened since then and I have so many things to share with you but I
will limit myself to one question.

What kind of a country did you want to create?

Naive as it may be, sir, let me assure you that it is the very question that I face
every single morning. I am severely troubled by it and I assume many of my
compatriots are too.

Please, sir, let me explain.

I studied in a public school and learned all my lessons in history, called Pakistan
Studies, very well. I learned that the country was created in the name of Islam as
the Muslims of the subcontinent did not want to live with Hindus and other non-
Muslims.

They wanted to create a new state built on the principles of Islam. I can pick many
quotes from your various addresses that conform to this assertion, and most of my
friends also believe it to be true.

A country for Muslims built on Islamic principles ostensibly meant that the non-
Muslims would have no, or at best, secondary roles in matters of the state and also
in the society at large.

Also read: Refiguring Jinnah

Sir, exactly the same has happened.

We have been successful in driving out the Hindus and Sikhs from this, our holy
land. That turned out to be the best way to solve the �minority problem� that you
delved into so passionately. Some in Sindh, however, have been very stubborn and
refuse to leave their ancestral land. Rest assured, a lot of patriotic people are
working on this, with a success story making headlines in newspapers every other
day.

Only a handful of Sikhs are left in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as they too have
been conquered completely. Just days ago, a Sikh boy in Peshawar who was a threat
to Pakistan�s ideology was done away with. Similarly, an Ahmadi woman and her two
grandchildren in Gujranwala were removed from our road to progress just weeks ago.

You must be wondering how Ahmadis have become a threat for the Islamic state, as
you kept good company with them and even appointed one as your Foreign Minister.
Let me brief you that it was discovered later in 1974 that Ahmadis were not only
non-Muslims but that they were a big threat to the ideological moorings of the
nation. Subsequent governments have been taking adequate steps to keep this menace
in check and the entire society too, has now volunteered itself to stand guard
against any and all violations.
And yes, about the Christians. You might have known some Anglo-Indians practicing
this faith. But as the majority of them in Pakistan now consist of Dalits, who have
taken refuge in churches, we don�t have to worry much about them. They mostly
engage in lowly jobs; we have not been complacent on this front and have ensured
that the Christians will not sneak their way into the higher ranks of society.
There are many laws and social norms firmly in place to ensure that they don�t dare
think beyond what is prescribed for them.

All of these achievements make a lot of my compatriots happy about Pakistan largely
achieving what it was meant to.

Though, there are still some items on the agenda left unchecked, like converting
the various sects to a purer form of Islam and thus ensuring a more cohesive
society. I do think it will not be long before this is achieved soon.

Also read: Would Jinnah have lived as a Shia?

But, then I read your address to the inaugural session of the Constituent Assembly
of Pakistan held on 11 August 1947, though it was not part of my Pakistan Studies
courses.

I am sure you remember it well and fully as it was supposed to lay the basis of the
constitution of Pakistan.