The only solution therefore was "Pakistan", which was already there and was not of his own creation.
Speech at the Sir Lesli Wilson Muslim Hostel
Karachi, Dec 25, 1940
The Star of India, Dec 26, 1940
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Pakistan, went on Mr Jinnah, had existed for ages. Their homelands were in the north-west and the east where the Mussalmans were even to-day in a majority of 70 percent.
Speech at a public meeting
Ahmedabad, Dec 27, 1940.
The Civil & Military Gazette, Dec 29, 1940
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"It was after mature consideration that the Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution popularly known as Pakistan. Pakistan has been there for centuries. It is there today and it will remain till the end of the world. They are our homelands. They were taken from us, {by the British} and we want them back."
Speech at the meeting of the Muslim University Union
Aligarh, March 10, 1941.
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