Through the Eyes of Fatima Jinnah
The Quaid-e-Azam is no more. He lived so that Pakistan may come into being. He died so that Pakistan may live. Pakistan Zindabad
Fatima Jinnah, 14 August 1949
“…his catastrophic malady took deeper roots, and at last over-powered him, to the total disregard of the tears and torments, not only of his forlorn and lone sister, but millions, who would have preferred with her, to tear their heart away, if that alone could spare him for his people and his nation.”
Fatima Jinnah
Bakhsh, I. (Lt. Colonel) MD, ‘With the Quaid-i-Azam during his last days’, OUP
“As I see the mausoleum in Karachi go upward, inch by inch, to shelter the mortal remains of my brother, poignant memories come rushing into mind of that day, a Saturday, the 11th of September 1948, when I lost my elder brother, and my nation became an orphan… having been his constant companion for more than forty years.”
Jinnah, F. (ed. By Sharif Al Mujahid) ‘My Brother’ Quaid e Azam Academy, 1985.