Fatima Jinnah (inset) had accused then Pakistani leaders of conspiring to kill Jinnah and also deliberately neglecting his healthOn every stage, on every occasion, on every platform Pakistani Prime-Minister Imran Khan is often seen repeating the same accusation – that the RSS is responsible for the death of Mahatma Gandhi. In every speech, including his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, in front of a 180+ nations Imran Khan demanded to know who killed Gandhi. However, the fact remains we know who killed Gandhi – And he was hanged for his heinous deed. But, has Imran Khan ever wondered who killed the ‘Baba-i-Qaum’ Mohd Ali Jinnah?We are often told the creator of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Governor General Mohd Ali Jinnah died of tuberculosis at the age of 70. Let us examine a few facts and take a closer look at the last few weeks in the life of Quaid-e-Azam Mohd Ali Jinnah.As we all know, Jinnah did not participate in the First Independence Day celebrations of Pakistan on Aug 14th 1948. The last public function he attended was the opening of the Bank of Pakistan in July 1948. He was in the mountains of Ziarat and was too weak to travel to Karachi. His speech was broadcast to the nation via radio on Pakistan’s first Independence Day.In Aug 1948, As Jinnah was recovering in the mountains of Quetta, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan came to meet him. Jinnah’s sister, Fatima Jinnah informed him that Liaquat Ali Khan was requesting an audience. Jinnah asked, “Fati, do you know why he has come?” Fatima Jinnah replied that she didn’t know and couldn’t guess. Jinnah said, “He wants to know how serious my sickness is and How long I will last”.Later, Mr. Ghulam Mohammed, the then Finance Minister came to meet Jinnah. As he was leaving he stopped by to have a word with Fatima Jinnah and told her, “Miss Jinnah, You must know that Quaid-e-Azam’s Independence Day speech has been played down. Liaquat Ali Khan’s speech was printed on posters and pamphlets and pasted on buildings all over the cities. It was also thrown from airplanes all over the big cities”.

“It is also a matter of wonderment for me that the very sentences that you requested to omit from the speech were the ones which could not be broadcast due to the technical problem. It seems your transmitters are very obedient and submissive as they are always ready to create technical problems in order to facilitate you. The people who tried to create problems in my original speech, and stopped my voice from reaching the people, and tried to omit certain sentences of my speech, have in fact highlighted the importance (of these sentences) to the people. You mentioned in your letter that your regional stations reported about the flow of my speech. Had it been so, you would not have taken the trouble to apologise. As far as complaints by the people are concerned, it is your duty to satisfy them. Your explanation is neither satisfying, nor assuring. In such a case, an apology is merely a soft version of pleading guilty and admitting to one’s crime.”