'Principlelessens' was the Only Principle of Quaid-e-Azam

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the most staunch proponent of Two-Nation Theory. In All India Muslim League Presidential Address delivered at Lahore, on March 22–23, 1940, he explained:

“It is extremely difficult to appreciate why our Hindu friends fail to understand the real nature of Islam and Hinduism. They are not religions in the strict sense of the word, but are, in fact, different and distinct social orders, and it is a dream that the Hindus and Muslims can ever evolve a common nationality, and this misconception of one Indian nation has troubles and will lead India to destruction if we fail to revise our notions in time. The Hindus and Muslims belong to two different religious philosophies, social customs, litterateurs. They neither intermarry nor interdine together and, indeed, they belong to two different civilizations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions. Their aspect on life and of life are different. It is quite clear that Hindus and Mussalmans derive their inspiration from different sources of history. They have different epics, different heroes, and different episodes. Very often the hero of one is a foe of the other and, likewise, their victories and defeats overlap. To yoke together two such nations under a single state, one as a numerical minority and the other as a majority, must lead to growing discontent and final destruction of any fabric that may be so built for the government of such a state.”

But in 1947, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah would try to convince Sikhs, that they should opt to join Pakistan, instead of India. Quaid-e-Azam actually wanted to avoid the division of united Punjab. Click here for detail.

In his effort to keep Punjab united, Quaid-e-Azam completely overlooked his stance on Two-Nation Theory. He completely ignored that he is creating Pakistan because Muslims of India are altogether a different nation, by any definition of the word. So what he was pursuing in 1947, was exactly in opposition with his stated beliefs. This shows that 'principlelessness' was the only principle of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Life of Quaid-e-Azam is full of such unprincipled stances and opportunistic behaviour (Wali Khan's book 'Facts are Facts' elaborates this in detail). As Quaid-e-Azam was naturally a role model for the nation, this tendency of Quaid-e-Azam was transferred to the whole nation. Thus a nation consisting of unprincipled people came into being.