AJK to observe death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam tomorrow

MIRPUR: All arrangements have been finalized across Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) to observe 70th death anniversary of founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, on September 11.

Several programs will be held by various social, political, governmental and non-governmental organizations and forums in various parts of AJK to pay rich tributes to the father of the nation.

The day will dawn with special prayers in mosques for the integrity, solidarity and prosperity of Pakistan and AJK, freedom of all occupied Muslim homelands including occupied Jammu Kashmir from the Indian yoke.

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Similar special ceremonies to observe the death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam will be held in all districts and tehsil headquarters of Azad Jammu & Kashmir under the auspices of various social, political and intellectual organizations to observe the anniversary with due solemnity and reverence through recalling the heroic struggle of the Muslims of the subcontinent for the emergence of their separate homeland Pakistan under the dynamic leadership of Quaid-e-Azam.

In these ceremonies speakers will pay tributes to the founder of Pakistan besides, highlighting his hectic life, ideas and achievements – which led to the establishment of the separate homeland for the Muslims.

From the 1930s, Jinnah suffered from tuberculosis. Only his sister and a few others close to him were aware of this. After one year of creation of Pakistan, Jinnah died in Karachi on September 11, 1948, at the age of 71.