Jinnah

‘No biography of Mahomed Ali Jinnah – Pakistan’s Quaid-e-Azam – has been true to the man who described himself as “plain Mr Jinnah”. Yasser Latif Hamdani’s book fills that void. The author puts together an account of Jinnah’s life with affection, without neglecting key facts and by including commonly repeated distortions. Jinnah’s greatness shines through [in this book] while maintaining the humanity of his character’ Husain Haqqani, Former Pakistan Ambassador to the US, Author of Reimagining Pakistan Was Jinnah the sole driving force behind the Partition of India? Or was he a champion of Islam who stood for a new Islamic renaissance?Mahomed Ali Jinnah started his political career firmly in the Congress as a staunch Indian nationalist. He believed in secular politics and was opposed to bringing religion into that politics. But he changed his belief and ended up making a separate state for Muslims at the very end of his career.This new biography casts fresh light on the life of Jinnah,