A conversation with Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
“Why did you go to the funeral of M.A. Jinnah?”
“I was the first foreign minister of the newly created Pakistan. Mr. Jinnah had selected me and appointed me to this post.”
“I loved and respected Mr. Jinnah and it was my sacred duty to pray for his departed soul. That was the least that I could do for the father of our nation. He was the sole spokesman* for the Muslims of India in the fight for our Independence from Britain, there was shock and extreme sorrow. (*This is in deference to Ayesha Jalal’s book The Sole Spokesman.)
“Why did you go to the funeral of M.A. Jinnah?”
“I was the first foreign minister of the newly created Pakistan. Mr. Jinnah had selected me and appointed me to this post.”
“I loved and respected Mr. Jinnah and it was my sacred duty to pray for his departed soul. That was the least that I could do for the father of our nation. He was the sole spokesman* for the Muslims of India in the fight for our Independence from Britain, there was shock and extreme sorrow. (*This is in deference to Ayesha Jalal’s book The Sole Spokesman.)