I want to draw the attention of the countrymen to the three words spoken by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, i.e. Unity, Faith and Discipline. At this time when Pakistanis are at loggerheads with each other, they can take a clue from the words the Quaid uttered for the first time in a speech on December 28, 1947:
“We are going through fire: the sunshine has yet to come but I have no doubt that with Unity, Faith and Discipline we will not only remain the fifth largest state in the world but will compare with any nation of the world. Are you prepared to undergo the fire? You must make up your mind now.
“We must sink individualism and the petty jealousies and make up our mind to serve the people with honesty and faithfulness. We are passing through a period of fear, danger and menace. We must have Faith, Unity and Discipline.” In 1943 Mr Jinnah said: “In a few years we have made of the Muslims of India, who were only a crowd, a nation. They were a scattered mass, disorganised and apathetic. The Muslim League has electrified them from their stupor and knit them together.”
As Mr Jinnah had started advocating that the Muslims of India constituted a nation, these three words were intended to strengthen the concept of nationhood by Pakistanis having faith in themselves, faith in their country and faith in their God, as they marched ahead as citizens of the new state of Pakistan with unity among their ranks, without falling prey to parochial and sectarian differences and discipline in their ranks, so that they may follow and comply with applicable laws and rules of human behaviour, which would lead to the Muslims of Pakistan becoming capable of meeting challenges that lie ahead.