Revolutionary messages of faiz and Jinnah

Miracle’s Writer

Hakeem -ee

As long as these hands are safe and sound,

And this Elood is hot,

And until truth lies in this heart,

And the speech remains forceful,

:e shall teach the tumult of

Harps and flutes to fetters and yokes.

7umult that will rout out

Drums and noisy pageantry of monarchs,

)ree are our thoughts and actions,

And full is our treasury of courage.

EYery second we haYe is a life time,

And eYery tomorrow is our today.

7hese dusks and dawns,

7hese suns and moons,

7hese stars and planets,

All, all are ours, ours alone.

7his pen and the taElet,

7his drum and the Eanner,

7his treasure and the eTuipage

All, all are ours, ours alone.

Ttranslated his Voice’) Ahmad into is from English µDoosri Faiz Selected of in international Awaaz’ the Poems patriotic (µSecond of spirit fame Faiz by Both, renowned like 4uaid-i-Azam scholar Prof. Mohammad Sajjad Shaikh. Ali -innah and many others of the same moral and political convictions, are known for their effort against slavery and oppression in any form, and struggle for peace, independence and prosperity.

It was on 13 February that people from all walks of life across the country paid tribute to Faiz at meetings organized to prove that they still remember him for his bravery and work as inspiring teacher, poet, editor and writer. Born this day in 1911, at Sialkot, Faiz got early religious education under Maulvi Ibraheem and Maulana Meer Hasan; after formal school and college education there, he joined the Government College, Lahore, and obtained Master’s Degree in English (1933) and Master’s Degree in Arabic from the Oriental College (1934); worked as lecturer in M.A.O. College of Amratsar (193540) and Hailey College (1940-42), Lahore. He was Editor of The Pakistan Times and Imroze (1947-1958); remained imprisoned March 1951-April 1955 in fabricated Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case , and again, along with other journalists and intellectuals and teachers, under General Ayub’s martial law December 1958 to April 1959; Principal of Haroon College, Karachi 1964-72; Chairman of Pakistan Council of Arts 1972-77; won Afro-Asian Lotus Award 1976; remained in Beirut as Chief Editor, Lotus, 1978-82; back to Pakistan in November1983 and died on 20 November 1984. His poetical and prose works, more than 20, include Naqsh-e-Faryadi, Dast-i-Saba, Zindan Nama, Meray Dil Meray Musafar, Letters from jail to Alys Faiz, Mataa-eLoh-o-4alam, and Memories and Impressions. Millions of his admirers include teachers and journalists who have worked with him in struggle for socio-economic justice to the suffering masses, many young and old people are engaged in doing that noble job. Collections of his poems have been published in English by Caravan Book House and Urdu by Maktaba-i-Karavan of Lahore and made available to common people at affordable price.

Faiz’s admirer publisher Abdul Hameed was a teacher for some time at Kabul University long ago.

By the way, another admirer Rehmat Shah Afridi was sent to jail and placed in µdeath cell’. Why" Reportedly, false cases were framed against him because he believed in and worked for freedom of the Press. The fact cannot be denied that Press is the fourth estate of the state. Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali -innah, in his struggle for independence from foreign rule, said: “The Press is a vital necessity for the progress and the nation, because it is through the Press that a nation can be guided and its opinion moulded for the furtherance of activities in all departments of life.” What is worth recalling today is the first voice raised by the architect of Pakistan in his address at the 30th session of the Muslim