“We have undoubtedly achieved Pakistan, and that too without bloody war, practically peacefully, by moral and intellectual force, and with the power of the pen, which is no less mighty than that of the sword and so our righteous cause has triumphed. Are we now going to besmear and tarnish this greatest achievement for which there is no parallel in the history of the world? Pakistan is now a fait accompli and it can never be undone, besides, it was the only just, honourable, and practical solution of the most complex constitutional problem of this great subcontinent. Let us now plan to build and reconstruct and regenerate our great nation...”
~Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Manto, Saadat Hasan. Saadat Hasan Manto, in his later years. The Wire.

“Hindustan [India]  had become free. Pakistan had become independent soon after its inception but man was still slave in both these countries - slave of prejudice … slave of religious fanaticism … slave of barbarity and inhumanity.”
~ Saadat Husan Manto

​​​​​​​Pakistan received 18% of the overall population with 23% of the country’s area, while India was burdened with around 82% of the total population with only 77% of the area in comparison to its population density. This led to massive population transfers, chaos, and disruption of centuries of coexistence.

"With a legacy of many of the same structural and ideational features of the colonial state as its counterpart, Pakistan was unable to build viable institutions that could sustain the elementary processes of a participatory democracy."

~ Jalal, historian​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

“No nation can ever be worthy of its existence that cannot take its women along with the men. No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.”

~ Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah