It is undoubtedly true that nations who forget their heroes are bound to perish. These ungrateful nations are bound to be pushed to the very depths of obscurity that is inadvertently bestowed upon its heroes. By remembering those who struggle and sacrifice for a greater cause and a noble mission, others have an example to follow and a role model to respect and refer to. These heroes allow us to disconnect from the materiality and selfishness of daily life – not of one’s life, or of another’s life, but that of life itself – and bolster our faith and belief in the fact there is indeed a higher purpose and a greater calling for all of us, and that the daily nitty-gritty of life and living veil these nobler pursuits from us, if not from our reach. In Pakistan, a country where nobody takes responsibility but everybody is ready to blame someone else, there are a handful of heroes that one can talk about. First and foremost is the Father of the Nation, the Quaid-e-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. His heroism is contained in a plethora of history books; his claim to fame is that he was perhaps the greatest constitutional lawyer of united/colonial India, and that his legal skills and tactful politicking resulted in the birth of the independent and sovereign nation-state of Pakistan. To offer hope and promise to millions of Muslims, and to change their destiny by affording them a new and secure identity, is no mean feat; this is why Jinnah is remembered in the hearts and minds of Pakistanis today.
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