Issued by Pakistan

Issued on Dec 25, 1993

Designer : Abdullah Siddique (PSPC)

Type : Stamp, Postal Used

Denomination : Re. 1/-

Colour : Multi colour

Size of stamp : 25 x 35 mm

Size of print : 21 x 31 mm

Perforation : 13.5 x 13.5 (C)

Paper : 102 gsm dual purpose (Crescent & Star Watermark)

Quantity : Ten million

Number of stamps in a sheet : 112 stamps (16 x 7 rows)

Process of printing : Litho Offset

Printers : Pakistan Security Printing Corporation

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Issued by Pakistan

Issued on Nov 20, 1976

Description : Stamp is vertical in format. Quaid-i-Azam, clad in black Sherwani and Jinnah Cap is shown taking scout salute at the right side against a dark green background with a curved ending at top bearing the wording “Quaid-i-Azam Centenary Jamboree” in red. The specially designed Scout Jamboree Emblem with the saluting hand in the central leaf and encircled by a rope with the words ‘Unity’, ‘Faith’ and ‘Discipline’ incorporated appears in the top left corner in Green, Red and Black colours. ‘Pakistan‘ in English and Urdu appears in reverse form at the bottom just beside the Quaid‘s portrait. The denomination of ’20P’ with the word ‘Postage’ underneath appears in black at the top left portion of Green background. The date ‘Nov-1976’ appears in yellow in the top right corner of the green background.

Designer : Ilyas Ahmad Gilani

Type : Stamp, Postal Used

Denomination : 20 Paisa

Colours : Yellow, Magenta, Cyan & Black

Size of Stamp : 38.34 x 28.50 m.m.

Size of Print : 35.25 x 25.50 m.m.

Perforation Gauge : 13 x 13½ C

Quantity : 1,000,000 Stamps (one Million)

No. of Stamps per sheet : 50 (Fifty)

Process of Printing : Litho Offset

Printers : Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Ltd., Karachi

About : 

• The 7^th Pakistan National Scout Jamboree, also known as Quaid-i-Azam Centenary Jamboree, will be held at Fortress Stadium, Lahore, from November 15 to 22, 1976. Pakistan Post Office is issuing a postage stamp of 20-Paisa denomination on the 20^th November, 1976 to commemorate the occasion. This Jamboree coincides with the centenary celebrations of the First Chief Scout and Founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. The Quaid-i-Azam Centenary Jamboree is a milestone in the history of Scouting in Pakistan in which the Scouts will be able to know the glimpses of the teachings and behests of the Father of the Nation and his Motto of Faith Unity and Discipline. In this Jamboree an attempt has also been made and to restate the principles and teachings of Quaid-i-Azam and to interpret them for the guidance of young and old Scouts.
• In Pakistan, Scouting started from scratch in December, 1947, with the blessings of the Quaid-i-Azam who agreed to become the First Chief Scout of Pakistan. The Pakistan Boy Scouts Association established its permanent National Headquarters at Karachi. There are now six branches affiliated to the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association with a total membership of 108028. The Pakistan Boy Scouts Association, as a national body, is affiliated to the World Scout Bureau and the total membership is 14 million.
• Since the Boy Scout Movement had become world-wide, it was thought advisable to bring the boys together, every four years so as to make them realise the importance of the Scout Law, which runs as follows:–“A Scout is a friend of all, brother to every other Scout no matter to what country, class or creed the other may belong.”
• There were altogether about 50,000 Scouts in Pakistan in 1948. To-day the number exceeds 100,000. The quality of Scouting has also been steadily improving. All this has been possible with the constant supply of trained Scouts. To begin with, there were two Provincial Training Centres in the Punjab, at Walton and Ghora Gali and one in N.W.F.P. at Takya (Abbottabad). Later on a Training Centre was established at Quetta. Training Camps were also held at Ziarat, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Multan, Rawalpindi, Karachi etc.
• Sea and Air Scouting has been started in Karachi. The Air Scouts have a fine Headquarters of their own. Both Sea and Air Scouting will provide an added attraction to the older boys in a Scout Troop.
• Scouting for the physically handicapped boys is a very beneficial extension of the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association. These boys feel isolated and their lives are generally dull and dreary. Scouting provides them with fun and fellowship. More than 500 handicapped boys are now regular Scouts. Their hearts are filled with joy when they camp out with other Scouts.
• In this 7^th National Jamboree being held at Lahore from 15^th to 22^nd November 1976, the number of participants is expected to be 12,000 from home and abroad. 500 Scouts from Libya, Indonesia, India, Iran, U.S.A., Sudan and Bangladesh will also be participating.
• The Pakistan Boy Scouts Association has participated in various World and Regional Scout Events – Scouts Conferences, Jamborees, Moots, Indabas, etc.
• Pakistan Boy Scouts Association brings out two periodicals, namely, the “Pak–Scout“, which was started in September, 1948, and “Almustaid“, which is published in Urdu.
• Issued by: The Director-General, Pakistan Post Office, Karachi.

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Issued by Pakistan

Issued on Aug 14, 1972

Issued for : To commemorate the 25^th Anniversary of Independence, the Pakistan Post Office is issuing a set of six stamps (one of 10 Paisa, four stamps of 20 Paisa each and one of 60 Paisa denominations) on 14^th August, 1972.

Design :
10-Paisa : The format of the Stamp is vertical. The portrait of the Quaid-i-Azam appears in black and white on the top left side in an oval inset against an ultramarine background. The words “Unity–Faith–Discipline” in reverse appear underneath the portrait. The Minar–e–Qarardad–e–Pakistan is placed on the right side, against an ultra-marine background and the words ‘Minar Qarardad-e-Pakistan’ lie on the left of the Minar, in reverse. The value ’10 Paisa’ is placed on the top right corner of the Stamp in reverse and the words “25^th Anniversary of Independence” lie on the right side of the Stamp in reverse. The tree and foliage behind the base of the Minar are in light and dark green. The word ‘Postage’ on the bottom left corner is in dark green. A strip at the bottom of the Stamp is turquoise colour, bears the word, ‘Pakistan‘ in English, Bengali and urdu in ultramarine.

60-Paisa : The format of the Stamp is horizontal. The caption “Inauguration of First National Assembly Elected on Adult Franchise” is in reverse and is placed on the top against a pink background, the value ’60 Paisa’ lies on the top left side of the stamp in reverse. The State Bank Building at Islamabad where the National Assembly is meeting, forms the subject of the design. The words “25^th Anniversary of Independence” on the right side of stamp, the word ‘Postage’ on the left side, and the word ‘Pakistan‘ in Bengali, English and Urdu placed at the bottom of the stamp are all in red colour.

20-Paisa : The format of the stamps is horizontal. The set of four stamps depicts four principle reforms. The layout is the same for all the stamps. On the left side is a decorative pattern and on the right, separated by perforation like dots the design executed symbolically which varies according to the subject. The caption “25^th Anniversary of Independence” is placed on the top in red. The word ‘Postage’ lies on the right side of the stamp in blue colour. The words ‘Pakistan‘ in Bengali, Urdu and English are in black, at the bottom of the stamp. The value ’20 Paisa’ is in yellow, and is placed on the foliage, on the right bottom side of the stamp. A sky covered with stars, common to all the designs, stands for the new avenues discovered in all fields and the progress made in agriculture, industry, education and health.

One of the designs symbolises the land reforms. A tractor and fields are shown in the background and trees in abstract form in the background on either side of the tractor and in the foreground on the right side of the stamp.

The second stamp stands for the labour reform in Pakistan. In the background are factories and in the foreground are hands of labourers holding tools, on the right side of the stamp. Trees in abstract form are shown on the right side behind the foliage.

The third design symbolises the education policy showing a pen, a book and cubes with alphabet on the left side of the stamp and a school building in the background on the right, as well as trees, in abstract form.

The fourth design shows a hospital building in the background with a red cross, a syringe, bottles of medicine and a pair of surgical scissors, signifying the new health policy.

Type : Stamps, Postal Used

Denomination : 10, 20 (4 nos.) & 60 Paisa

Colour :
10 Paisa :Green, turquoise blue, ultramarine and black
60 Paisa : Pink and red
Four 20 Paisa Stamps : Yellow, peacock blue, magenta and black

Size of Stamps :
10 Paisa & 60 Paisa : 49.2 x 30.7 mm
4 Stamps of 20 Paisa each : 78 x 26.7 mm

Size of prints :
10 Paisa & 60 Paisa : 46.2 x 27.7 mm
4 Stamps of 20 Paisa each : 75 x 23.7 mm

Perforation :
10 Paisa & 60 Paisa : 13 x 13 (c)
4 Stamps of 20 Paisa each : 12½ x 14 (c)

Quantity printed : 10,00,000 each

Number of Stamps in each sheet :
10 Paisa & 60 Paisa : 50
4 Stamps of 20 Paisa each : 48

Process of printing : Litho offset

Printers : The Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Ltd., Karachi

About : 

• Pakistan, it has been observed, is the first attempt in modern times to build a political community on the basis of common religious beliefs. The decline of Muslim community in India started in the beginning of the eighteenth century during which period suppressed hostility of the subject peoples such as the Marhatas in the West, Jats, Sikhs and Rajputs in Northern India and other religious groups organized resistance against the authority of the Mughals. This resistance was facilitated by the appearance of the Europeans on the scene in the Deccan and in Bengal, and the increasing pressure on the North Western Frontiers from the Persians and Afghans. By 1803 Delhi had been occupied by the British and within another fifty years, the British had secured complete control over nearly the whole of India. The events of 1857-58 put the final seal on the fate of the Muslims.
• As a result of the loss of power and the challenge posed by the rising Hindu militant movements and the application of Western Political ideas in administrative educational and economic fields the consciousness slowly grew amongst the Muslims that their very survival was in danger as they had been left behind in the field of education industry and administration. The new democratic principles of representative government implied the supremacy of the numerical majority i.e. the Hindus. This majority was defined permanently in religion in the tradition-bound caste-ridden Hindu society. It was feared that however broad the franchise and the promises of free and fair elections, Hindu and Muslim voters would support the candidates of their own community, thus giving a constitutional basis to Hindu majority over the Muslims. The natural result was that the Muslims came to the conclusion after considerable mental conflict that they must establish a state of their own in order to preserve and perpetuate their identity as a distinct nation. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was the first to openly proclaim the existence of two different and distinct nations in India.
• Doubts were expressed, both in India and abroad as to the Muslim claim to separate nationhood. Even Mahatama Gandhi expressed his doubts about it but he was adequately replied by Quaid-i-Azam in the following words –“We maintain that Muslims and Hindus are two major nations by any definition or test as a nation. We are a nation of a hundred million, and what is more, we are a nation with our own distinctive culture and civilization, language and literature, art and architecture, names and nomenclature, sense of values and proportion, legal laws and moral codes, customs and calendar, history and traditions, eptitude and ambitions; in short, we have our own distinctive outlook on life and of life. By all the canons of International Law, we are a nation.”
• Syed Ahmd had succeeded in keeping the Muslims away from joining the Congress and becoming its camp followers. After his death the political, social and economic situation had changed and it was not possible to keep the Muslims away from politics for all times to come. The Muslim leaders came to the conclusion that separate electorate would serve their purpose for the present. In 1906 Muslim League was founded and Bengal had the distinction of having given birth to the new political organization. The Partition of Bengal was hailed by the Muslims but was bitterly opposed by the Hindus with the result that within seven years the partition was annulled which not only affected Hindu-Muslim relations but created distrust in the intention of the Government. As a result of the changing internal situation there emerged the League-Congress understanding which resulted in the Lucknow pact. In 1916 the Congress accepted the Muslims claim to separate electorate for the first time, and also for the last time.
• The agreement was short lived and Muslims now began to think of alternative solutions to their problems. Constitutional safeguards in a United India appeared to be unsatisfactory and undependable. There were many suggestions, though not seriously taken of dividing the country between Muslim and Hindus. The first Muslim thinker to give expression to this idea, though in a vague and rudimentary form, was the late Allama Mohammad Iqbal. In his address to the All India Muslim League Session of 1930 at Allahabad, he advocated the creation of a consolidated Muslim State which he believed would be “in the best interest of India and Islam”.
• Mr. Jinnah, who was in self imposed exile in London, at first did not accept Iqbal‘s arguments but within 10 years he had finally been led to Iqbal‘s conclusion as a result of careful examination and study of the constitutional problems facing India. The culmination of this contagious idea of Muslims being a separate nation found expression in the famous Lahore Resolution of March 3, 1940 adopted at the Lahore Session of the Muslim League. In main the Resolution demanded :“That it is the considered view of this session of the All India Muslim League that no constitutional plan would be workable in this country or acceptable to Muslims unless it is designed on the following basic principles, namely, that geographically contiguous units are demarcated into regions which should be so constituted, with such territorial readjustments as may be necessary, (and) that the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in a majority, as in the North Western and Eastern Zones of India, should be grouped to constitute ‘Independent States’ in which the Constituent units shall be autonomous and sovereign.”
• The Indian Newspapers coined the phrase “Pakistan Resolution” which Mr. Jinnah adopted and later on asserted that no power could now prevent Pakistan. From that time onward Pakistan became not only a slogan but a creed with the majority of Muslims of all classes in all parts of the country. In the park where the resolution was passed, the ‘PAKISTAN MINAR‘ has been built and has become a place of pilgrimage for Pakistanis. Mr. Jinnah had by then become the ideal of Muslim masses and came to be affectionately called the Quaid-i-Azam.
• From 1940 to 1947 every effort was made at many levels to keep the country united, but all these attempts failed to make the Quaid give up the idea of partition, mostly because of the intransigence of the Congress and other Hindu communal parties to realize the justness of Muslim demands. The election of 1946, gave the League a resounding electoral victory which silenced or swept away those Muslim groups which still hoped to reach a compromise with the Hindus and made the Congress and the British to concede partition and independence. Failing to bring about a consensus of opinion between the League and the Congress, Mr. Attlee, the British Prime Minister declared in Feb. 1947 that His Majesty’s Government intended to take necessary steps to effect the transference of power to responsible Indian hands not later than June 1948. Lord Mountbatten who had been appointed the Viceroy and Governor General, however, declared in his plan of June 3, 1947 that independence would be granted on 14^th August, 1947 that is within 75 days. This haste to grant independence did not affect India much but Pakistan had to start from scratch in order to establish a new Capital, a new Government and a new Secretariat at Karachi without proper housing accommodation for the new Government, without equipment and without adequate financial resources. Besides this on account of the communal riots, Pakistan was confronted with the problem of accommodating huge number of refugees which constituted nearly 1/10^th of the total population. It may be added that nearly 65 lakh Muslims fled from India and 55 lakh Hindus and Sikhs left Pakistan.
• On the establishment of Pakistan on the 14^th August, 1947 the Quaid-i-Azam while addressing the people declared in his presidential Address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan as follows :–“You are free; You are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed; that has nothing to do with the fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one State”.
• On August 14, the Quaid-i-Azam became the first Governor General of Pakistan.
• A Boundary Commission had began appointed under Lord Radeliffe to determine the boundaries of the two newly created states. When the Award was announced, the Quaid-i-Azam and the Muslims were shocked and Mr. Jinnah described it as “a grave injustice to Pakistan”, but accepted it as the party had agreed to arbitration.
• Pakistan came into being under adverse circumstances and as a European writer remarked the new born baby was thrown with its swaddlings into a raging river. That it survived the initial shock and disorder was entirely due to the innate good sense of the people, and their dedication to the difficult task of making Pakistan a viable state under the fostering care of one of the greatest leaders among the Muslims of the 20^th Century. His dedicated lieutenants, the civil services, the army and the new industrialists deserve all praise for this. But as time passed on, particularly after the death of Quaid-i-Azam and the assassination of Nawabzada Liaqat Ali Khan, cracks began to appear in the national edifice. Dedication and patriotism gave place to pursuit of power, prestige and wealth. Corruption and nepotism ate into the very vitals of the society, and slowed down the process of reconstruction and nation building. Lacking proper leadership, deriving its authority from the will of the people as their elected representatives, politics became a profession for a few leaders and families. Economic and social growth began to deviate drastically from the goals which the Father of the Nation had set before us.
• The erosion of democracy in Pakistan and the disgraceful exploitation of the poor by the rich and of the weak by the strong led to the imposition of Martial Law in 1958. President Iskandar Mirza appointed General Ayub as the Chief Martial Law Administrator. This imposition of Martial Law was only a variant of Fascism through the agency of the army. It was natural that with the passage of time such military administration would degenerate into rule by a governing clique uninspired by any loftier ideology than clinging to its privileged position.
• Considerable advance was made in industrial development which however was lop-sided. Instead of sound planning for the good of the country as a whole and the common man at large a system of patronage in licence giving became the order of the day. In the absence of a constitution made by a National Assembly elected by the representatives of the people in a fair and free election, various subterfuges were resorted to in order to delay elections and have a constitution on the basis of adult franchise reflecting the wishes of all section of the people. The 1962 Constitution which had some good points was suspected from the very beginning as it was opined that it was a means of perpetuating the concentration of power in the hands of one person.
• The war with India in 1965 acted as a cement in bringing together all sections of the people in a concerted determined effort to meet the challenge of Indian Aggression. After the Tashkent Declaration which has for long been the subject of acrimonious discussions because of the mystery in which it is shrouded, a development of far reaching implication was that Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto resigned as Foreign Minister in 1967 and addressed himself, with his ability and experience, to the creation of a new Political Party. This was the beginning of the end of the Ayubian era. The accumulated grievances of the people of East Pakistan, real and imaginary were expressed in the famous six points of Mujibur Rahman. The Pakistan Peoples Party was founded in Lahore in 1967 and it soon won considerable strength to lead a revolt against the dictatorship of Field Marshal Ayub Khan. Ayub Khan had to quit by handing over power to the then Commander-in-Chief, Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan on 25^th March 1969. The story of Pakistan from this date to 20^th December 1971 is too tragic and painful and too well known to be repeated. General Yahya Khan was finally compelled on 20^th December, 1971 to transfer power to the leader of the majority, the Pakistan Peoples Party, President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. The President with his characteristic energy, grasp of the international situation, knowledge of the potentiality of his own people and his country’s resources set about to salvage what was left of Pakistan which had been the dream and the hope of millions of people.
• He has initiated many reforms of far reaching implications. Chief among them are the following :–
  • Labour Reforms: On February 10, the Government announced its New Labour Policy, which is designed to “guarantee to workers their fundamental rights consistent with the requirements of industrial development of the State.” For the first time in the history of the country workers were allowed to participate in the management to the extent of 20 per cent at factory level which was to be increased progressively.
  • Land Reforms: The land reforms introduced by the President Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on March 1, 1972 were intended to bring dignity and salvation to our rural masses. The ceiling on individual land holding was drastically reduced and some 3.5 million acres of land was resumed by the Government without compensation and distributed amongst the landless peasants free of cost. This would benefit some 2.5 million poor farmers and landless tenants.
  • Education Reforms: The new Educational Policy, announced by the Government on March 15, is a bold measure to eradicate illiteracy and to make education a means to achieve the national goal. It aims at providing uniform educational facilities to all children and to democratise education. Among the measures taken in this respect are free education up-to class VIII from October 1, 1972 and upto class X from October 1, 1974, a massive programme of adult literacy; establishment of a People’s University and of literacy centres and peoples libraries throughout the country.
  • Health Scheme: On March 26, President Bhutto made public his seven year Rs. 3,800 million “People’s Health Scheme” for providing health facilities to each and every citizen of Pakistan. The Scheme envisages the establishment of a net-work of health centres throughout the country which will cater to the medical needs of the people.
• Besides the above reforms initiated within six months of assuming office, Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto must be credited with the foresight of losing no time in getting a Constitution passed by the First National Assembly elected on the basis of adult franchise and lifting the Martial Law and restoring fundamental rights to the people. The most outstanding contribution of Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto has been the Simla Accord which, except by a negligible minority, has been hailed as the harbinger of a new era of peace, amity and friendship with India.
• Issued by The Director-General Pakistan Post Office, Karachi.

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Issued by Pakistan

Issued on Dec 25, 1966

Issued for : To commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mahomed Ali Jinnah, the Pakistan Post Office is issuing two postage stamps of 15-Paisa and 50-Paisa denominations on December 25, 1966.

Design :
15 Paisa: The Quaid-i-Azam‘s portrait appears in black in the centre, printed by recess. The background and ornamental design is in orange, printed by Litho Offset. The words “Pakistan” in Urdu and Bengali appear in Blue at the bottom centre. The value ‘Paisa 15’ appears both at the right and left bottom corners in Blue. The date of anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam appears in Blue below the portrait. The words “Postage” and “Pakistan” in English appear in Blue at the right and left of the portrait respectively.

50 Paisa: The Quaid-i-Azam‘s portrait is in black, printed by recess. The patterns at the top left and bottom right corner of the stamp is in purple, printed by Litho Offset. The date of anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam appears at the top right hand corner in blue. The value ‘Paisa 50’ and the word ‘Postage’ appear at the bottom left corner in blue. The words ‘Pakistan‘ in Urdu, Bengali and English appear in reverse at the bottom right.

Type : Stamps, Postal Used

Denomination : 15 & 50 Paisa

Colour :
15 Paisa – Orange, Blue and Black
50 Paisa – Purple, Blue and Black

Size of stamps : 49 x 30.5 m.m.

Size of prints : 46 x 27.5 m.m.

Perforation gauge : 13 x 13 (c)

Quantities Printed :
15 Paisa – 15,00,000
50 Paisa – 10,00,000

Number of stamps in each sheet : 50

Process of printing : Recess and Litho Offset

Printers : The Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Ltd., Karachi

Name : Mahomedali Jinnahbhai

Born on Dec 25, 1876 at Karachi, Bombay Presidency, British India

Died on Sep 11, 1948 at Karachi, Pakistan

About : 

• In the heart of old Karachi there stands an old building called Wazir Mansion, which has become a national shrine. Here, ninety years ago, was born a child who was to change the course of history in Asia and to fulfil the destiny of a hundred million Muslims by helping them to win a homeland for themselves.
• In this old fashioned three storeyed building lived Jinnah Poonja, a hide merchant, whose family had migrated from Kathiawar peninsula in India and made their home in the prosperous and growing town of Karachi. December 25, 1876, was a day of rejoicing in Wazir Mansion for on that day was born the first child of Jinnah Poonja, named Mahomed Ali.
• The child grew up to be a fair tall boy, and studied at various schools but longest at the Sind Madrasah High School, where he made his mark as a disciplined and serious student. Impressed by his talents and noticing his bent of mind, an English friend of the family persuaded Mahomed Ali‘s father to send him to England to study law after he had matriculated.
• The four years stay in England was to transform the young man. He passed his examinations in two years but had to remain in England for two more years before he was called to the bar at the age of twenty.
• Mahomed Ali Jinnah returned to India in 1896. By this time his mother was dead and his father had fallen on hard days. Full of ambition and lofty ideals, Jinnah could not adjust himself to the depressing surroundings. He moved to Bombay in 1897, where the High Court offered more scope for the flowering of his legal talent.
• When he was thirty and had made his fortune, Jinnah turned to active politics in 1906. The political tempo of India increased sharply with the victory of the Japanese over the Russians in 1905. The partition of Bengal in the same year led to violent protests by the Hindus, repression by the British, and safety measures by the Muslims, who decided to organize themselves under the banner of the Muslim League. Jinnah, however, was still inspired with liberal nationalism and joined the Congress.
• In 1909, Mahomed Ali Jinnah was elected by the Musalmans of Bombay Presidency as their representative to the Supreme Legislative Council. In 1913 he was specially nominated to the Council by the Viceroy for an extra term to enable him to introduce the famous Waqf Validating Bill – the first Bill to pass into legislation on the motion of a private member.
• Though Jinnah had been striving, with some other eminent leaders of goodwill, to promote unity between the Hindus and the Muslims, he was drawn closer to the Muslim League after the annulment of the partition of Bengal in 1911, for this event convinced the Muslims that they could not be protected by the British against the Hindus. However, when Jinnah was persuaded to attend the annual sessions of the Muslim League in 1911, 1912 and 1913, he strove to raise their ideals, and in 1913 was mainly instrumental in getting a resolution passed which declared attainment of self-government to be the ideal of the Muslim organisation. In that year too, he was persuaded by Maulana Mohammad Ali and Syed Wazir Hasan to enrol as a member of the League, but only after he had received solemn assurances that this would in no way imply even a shadow of disloyalty to the larger national cause to which his life was dedicated.
• In 1915, Jinnah was instrumental in persuading the League to hold its annual session at the same place as the Congress was meeting in Bombay. This was repeated in 1916, when the League held its session at Lucknow under the presidentship of Jinnah himself. Earlier he had given public utterance to his support for the demand of the Muslims for separate electorates, in an eminently reasonable speech while presiding over the 16^th Bombay Provincial Conference. At the 1916 session of the Congress, Jinnah helped in persuading the Congress to agree that “in certain provinces” in which the Muslims were in a minority, they should be guaranteed a proportion of seats in the future Legislative Council in excess of the number they could otherwise hope to win. This “Lucknow Pact” between the Congress and the League was the culmination of Jinnah‘s career as the “Ambassador of Unity” between the Hindus and the Muslims.
• After the World War ended in 1918, political activity became intense. Widespread agitation followed the passage of the Rowlatt Act, which gave power to the Government to try cases of sedition without a jury. Jinnah resigned from the Imperial Legislative Council in 1919 as a protest against the passage of this bill. Next month the tragedy of Jallianwala Bagh took place in Amritsar. In August, 1920, the Treaty of Sevres was signed by which the Allies decided to dismember the Ottoman Empire and to reduce the powers of the Caliph of Turkey. The Muslims of Indo-Pakistan Sub-continent were indignant, and the Congress joined with the Muslim League in launching a violent agitation against this step and against the new political reforms proposed under the Montague-Chelmsford proposals. Jinnah tried to dissuade the Muslims from the extremist course when he spoke at the Calcutta Session of the League in 1920. In December, he addressed the Congress Session at Nagpur in a similar effort to bring sanity into their counsels but he was silenced by the extremists. Jinnah resigned from the Congress, and the Home Rule League, and retired from practical politics during the next few troubled years – but he did not resign his membership of the Muslim League.
• In 1926 he was again elected to the Central Legislative Assembly. In 1928 he took part in the All Parties Conference in Calcutta at which the Nehru Report on the Simon Commission proposals was to be considered. He pleaded for amendments in the constitutional proposals, to safeguard the interests of the Muslims and to maintain Hindu-Muslim unity, but his suggestions fell on deaf ears. He was utterly disgusted with the intolerance of the Hindu politicians. In 1930 and 1931 he attended the Round Table Conference called by the British Government to arrive at some agreed solution of India‘s constitutional problems. When these also proved futile, as a result of Hindu intransigence, Jinnah decided to settle in England, away from the fury of Indian politics.
• In 1934 he returned from England to lead the Muslims again. He was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly by the Muslims of Bombay as an Independent member, even without his prior consent. Next year the Government of India Act of 1935 was passed. The Muslim League began preparations to fight the coming elections, and Jinnah was chosen President of the Central Election Board at the Muslim League Session of 1936 at Bombay. Jinnah made a clarion call to the Muslims, “organize yourself and play your part. The Hindus and the Muslims must be organized separately, and once they are organized, they will understand each other better”.
• In March 1940, the Muslim League held its session at Lahore in which the historic Pakistan Resolution was passed. Henceforth the political ideal of the Muslims of India was the attainment of a separate homeland where they could live according to their distinct way of life.
• In the years that followed Jinnah negotiated with the Cripps Mission on behalf of the Muslims. The result was a failure but it was the first step by the British to agree to the demand for a separate state for the Muslims. The Congress was alarmed and after the failure of the Cripps Mission, they launched the violent ‘Quit India‘ campaign against the British in 1942. All this was alien to Jinnah‘s nature, and he kept the Muslims clear of all these disturbances. Next he had to match his wits with Gandhi during the talks in 1944. When the European War ended in May 1945, the Congress leaders were freed from prison and the British Government again started negotiations for constitutional changes in India. First came the Wavell Plan, then the more important Cabinet Mission Plan. Before the latter, an important event was the new elections held in India in January 1946.
• The victory of the Muslim League at the polls was overwhelming both in the provinces and in the Central Assembly. It was a measure of the Quaid‘s glorious success in his mission of organizing the Indian Muslims. Well could he declare “No power on earth can prevent Pakistan now.”
• In March 1946, the Cabinet Mission came to India with new proposals, offering to arrange the provinces into three groups, to satisfy Muslim demands partially, for though they were offered internal autonomy, they were to be part of one state with defence, foreign affairs and communications as central subjects. The Quaid went along with the proposals some way but the Congress intransigence wrecked the negotiations, for the Hindus did not appreciate the sacrifice the Muslims were making by scaling down their demands. Still, the Muslims were steadily and surely coming nearer the achievement of their ideal under Jinnah‘s unerring leadership. When the Government decided to hold elections for a new Constituent Assembly, the League’s stand of being the sole representative of the Muslims was vindicated, for it won 76 out of 79 Muslim seats. In October 1946, the League joined informing the Interim Government under Lord Wavell. But there was no real co-operation. The Quaid ordered that no Muslim was to take part in the Constituent Assembly due to sit from December 9, 1946. Feelings in the whole of the sub-continent were worked up and the Calcutta riots were like the fuse that started the great explosion. After one last effort to reconcile the Muslims and the Hindus, Mr. Attlee, the British Premier, announced in February 1947, that they would grant independence to India, not later than June 1948. Viscount Mountbatten was sent out as Viceroy to negotiate the manner of handing over power. He acted with amazing swiftness, and on June 2, 1947, announced that India would be partitioned. Thus two new Pakistan and India States were created on August 14, 1947. Quaid-i-Azam‘s leadership and the struggle of the Muslim nation at last bore fruit – earlier than anyone expected.
• The Quaid was seventy one when Pakistan came into being. He was spared by God only for one year to set the ship of the new state safely on its keel. The motto of “Unity, Faith and Discipline” which he gave to the new born nation infused a new spirit into the people of Pakistan. He died on September 11, 1948, mourned by a grateful nation, but as one of the Great Immortals of history.
• With the compliments of the Director-General, Pakistan Post Office, Karachi.

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Issued by Pakistan

Issued on Sep 11, 1964

Design : The main subject of the stamps is the Mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam. The words “16^th Death Anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam”, the date of birth, the date of death also appear on the stamps along with the denomination and the words “Pakistan” in Urdu, Bengali and English.

Type : Stamps, Postal Used

Denomination : 15 and 50 Paisa

Colour :
15 Paisa – Green
50 Paisa – Grey

Size of Stamps :
15 Paisa – 39 x 25.1 mm.
50 Paisa – 28.6 x 34 mm.

Size of Print :
15 Paisa – 36 x 22 mm.
50 Paisa – 26 x 31.5 mm.

Perforation Gauge :
15 Paisa – 13 x 13½ (c)
50 Paisa – 13 x 13 (c)

Quantity Printed :
15 Paisa – 15,00,000
50 Paisa – 7,00,000

Number of stamps in each sheet : 50

Process of Printing : Intaglio

Printers : The Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Ltd., Karachi

About : 

• Founder of Pakistan, Mahomed Ali Jinnah, called by the nation “Quaid–i–Azam” – Great Leader – was born in Karachi on December 25, 1876. He got his early education in Karachi. Since boyhood, he was brilliant and promising, zealously devoted to his studies and fired with the ambition to grow up to be a great man. No wonder he did achieve greatness by his extraordinary qualities of mind and determination.
  
• After passing the Matriculation examination at the age of 16, he left for England where in 1896, he qualified himself as Barrister-at-Law from the Lincoln’s Inn. Back in India, he started practising as a lawyer in Karachi at the age of 20. Later he moved to Bombay where he established a very successful practice. He began taking part in the country’s freedom movement since the early nineties. In 1910, he was elected to the Imperial Legislative Council. He remained associated with the Council and its successor, the Central Assembly, for over 30 years. In 1913, he joined the Muslim League, an organisation formed in 1906, to safeguard the legitimate interests of the Indian Muslims, who numbered about one third of the country’s population. He became President of the All India Muslim League in 1916. Throughout his subsequent political career, he fought fervently for the just interests of the Indian Muslims, and championed their cause with devotion and courage.
  
• Convinced by the past experience that as a minority community, the political interests of Muslims and their distinct cultural identity could never remain safe after the withdrawal of British rule from the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent, he put forward the plan envisaging the establishment of a separate homeland – Pakistan – in the areas where the Muslims were in Majority. In 1940, the famous Pakistan Resolution was passed at Lahore demanding the creation of Pakistan as an independent, sovereign country. Thereafter, the achievement of Pakistan as a separate homeland became Jinnah‘s dominant aim which he steadfastly pursued, and by dint of his exceptional statesmanship, constitutional acumen, and intelligent advocacy, he ultimately succeeded in getting the Pakistan idea accepted by the Indian National Congress – a predominantly Hindu political organisation – as well as the British Government.
• Quaid-i-Azam Mahomed Ali Jinnah became the first Governor-General of Pakistan after its emergence as a new country on the 14^th August, 1947. He died in Karachi on the 11^th September, 1948.
  
• With the compliments of the Director-General, Pakistan Post Office, Karachi.

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