Word: jinnah
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...barefoot Moslem carefully dusted it off, pressed it with an enormous flatiron. All was now ready for the Pooh-Bah of Pakistan, in whose austere person are combined the offices of Governor General, President of the Constituent Assembly and President of the Moslem League. With proper crustiness, Mohamed Ali Jinnah strode up the steps with his sister Fatima. He was wearing a white achkan (long coat), grey fur "Jinnah cap" and a monocle. The small crowd (5,000) shouted "Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad" (Long Live the Great Leader...
...Jinnah and Mountbatten spoke to the Pakistan Constituent Assembly. "This is a parting between friends," said Mountbatten. "It is not an absolute parting, I rejoice to think, and not an end of comradeship...
...sincerely hope that we shall remain friends," replied Jinnah with frosty politeness. There was a touch of doubt in his voice. He blamed the British for what he considered unfavorable Pakistan-India boundaries...
Then together the two men toured the streets of Jinnah's new capital, decked with green flags (with a white stripe to symbolize non-Moslem minorities) bearing a white star and crescent...
...Moslem, who had lost his leather works in riots at Amritsar, no longer cared whether he was in Pakistan or Hindustan. Unshaven and ragged, Chaudhri Ahmen Hasan wandered aimlessly among the ruins of his property, carrying a big framed photograph of Jinnah. From time to time Hasan paused and addressed the picture: "Are you happy now, Qaid-e-Azam [Great Leader]? You have at last achieved Pakistan...