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of us and that we shall bend all our energies and resources to achieve
our goal. I am confident that in spite of its magnitude, we shall
overcome this grave crisis as we have in our long history surmounted
many others and notwithstanding the efforts of our enemies, we shall
emerge triumphant and strong from the dark night of suffering and
show the world that the State exists not for life but for good life.
On this sacred day, I send greetings to our Muslim brethren all over the
worldbothonbehalfofmyselfandthepeopleofPakistan.ForusPakistan,
on this day of thanksgiving and rejoicing, has been overshadowed
by the suffering and
sorrow of 5 million
Muslims in East Punjab
and its neighborhood.
I hope that, wherever
Muslim
men
and
women
foregather
on this solemn day.
They will remember
in their prayers these
unfortunate
men,
women and children
who have lost their
dear ones, homes and
hearths and are undergoing an agony and suffering as great hand
cruel as any yet inflicted on humanity. In the name of this mass of
suffering humanity I renew my appeal to Muslims wherever they may
be, to extend to us in this hour of our danger and need, their hand of
brotherly sympathy, support and co-operation. Nothing on earth now
can undo Pakistan.
The greater the sacrifices are made the purer and more chastened
shall we emerge like gold from fire.
So my message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let
us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and
tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and
discipline worthy of a great nation.
Pakistan Zindabad!”