Telegrams of Condolence

30 Telegrams of Condolence We reproduce some telegrams received by Begum Nasarulla Khan, daughter of Sir Zaffrulla Khan, and by her husband Mr. Hamid Nasarulla Khan. DEEPLY SHOCKED TO LEARN OF THE SAD DEMISE OF YOUR REVERED FATHER SIR MUHAMMAD ZAFRULLAH KHAN. HE WAS A MAN OF GREAT STATURE A RECOGNISED SCHOLAR AND JURIST OF INTERNATIONAL FAME. IN HIS DEATH THE COUNTRY HAS LOST A DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE AND MAY ALLAH GRANT YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY COURAGE AND FOREBEARANCE TO BEAR THIS GREAT LOSS. LT. GENERAL JAHANDADKHAN — GOVERNOR SIND. AMTAL HAI DEAR. IT WAS SO REFRESHING TO TALK TO YOU ON THE PHONE. I CAN QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MUST HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH BECAUSE I FEEL A GREAT SENSE OF LOSS MYSELF. YOU WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A FATHER WITH SUCH STERLING QUALITIES. MAY ALLAH GIVE YOU AND FAMILY STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO BEAR TfflS MOST GRIEVOUS LOSS AND MAY HIS SOUL REST IN ETERNAL PEACE. BEGUM RANA LIAQATALI KHAN. HAVE LEARNED WITH DEEP SORROW ABOUT DEMISE OF YOUR FATHER CHAUDHRY ZAFRULLA KHAN AFTER A LONG LIFE WHICH DEVOTED ENTIRELY FOR THE SERVICE OF PAKISTAN AND FOR THE JUST CAUSES HE ADVOCATED INCLUDING THAT OF MY COUNTRY MOROCCO BEFORE ITS INDEPENDENCE. PLEASE BE ASSURED THAT THE PASSING AWAY OF YOUR REGRETTED FATHER CONSTITUTES A BIG LOSS NOT ONLY FOR PAKISTAN BUT ALSO FOR THE MOROCCAN PEOPLE AS WELL AS .FOR ALL FREEDOM AND JUSTICE LOVING PEOPLES. ON THIS SORROWFUL OCCASION WE WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY TO YOU THE EXPRESSION OF MY DEEP DISTRESS AND SADDENED CONDOLENCES. DR. AZEDDINE LARKI LEADER OF MOROCCAN DELEGATION ISECO CONFERENCE ISLAMABAD. I AM SORRY TO LEARN OF THE SAD DEMISE OF YOUR FATHER CHAUDHRY MUHAMMAD ZAFRULLA KHAN. CHAUDHRY MUHAMMAD KHAN WAS AN EMINENT JURIST PRIOR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PAKISTAN. HE HELD A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT POSITIONS AFTER INDEPENDENCE. HE SERVED PAKISTAN AS THE FIRST FOREIGN MINISTER FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AND MADE AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAUSE OF KASHMIR. HIS ELECTION TO THE HIGH OFFICES OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REVIEW OF RELIGIONS 31 NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND JUDGE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE WAS A RECOGNITION OF HIS INTERNAL STATURE. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE AND MAY ALLAH GRANT YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY COURAGE AND FOREBEARANCE TO BEAR THIS GREAT LOSS. MUHAMMAD KHAN JUNEJU — PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN ON MY RETURN FROM MOROCCO I HAVE LEARNED WITH DEEP GRIEVANCE ABOUT THE SAD DEMISE OF YOUR FATHER LATE CHAUDRY ZAFRULLAH KHAN THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE DEPARTED SOUL OF YOUR FATHER DURING HIS BRILLIANT CAREER IN THE SERVICE OF PAKISTAN HIS COUNTRY AND IN THE SERVICE OF THE JUST CAUSES HE ARDENTLY ADVOCATED SUCH AS THE CAUSE OF MOROCCO BEFORE ITS INDEPENDENCE AND TO WHICH YOUR REGRETTED FATHER HAD DEVOTED A SIGNIFICANT PART OF HIS DIPLOMATIC CAREER WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR EVER BY THE MOROCCAN PEOPLE AS WELL AS BY ALL FREEDOM AND JUSTICE LOVING PEOPLE. THE PASSING AWAY OF SUCH AN EMINENT STATESMAN IS SURELY AN IRREPARABLE LOSS NOT ONLY FOR PAKISTAN BUT FOR THE WHOLE MUSLIM WORLD. ON THIS PAINFUL OCCASION I WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY TO YOU THE EXPRESSION OF MY SADDENED CONDOLENCE. AMHAD IDRIS AMBASSODOR OF MOROCCO, ISLAMABAD. No Compulsion in Religion Islam possesses the great distinction and the high merit that its scripture plainly, clearly and emphatically affirms full freedom of conscience and belief. The writer recalls that a quarter of a century ago a very learned and highly intelligent Dutch professor who taught at the university of Amsterdam told him that he had been convinced of the truth of Islam on reading in the Holy Quran: There shall be no compulsion in religion, for guidance and error have been clearly distinguished (2:257). Since then, he had continued a sincere professing and practising Muslim. (SirZafrulla Khan) 32 TELEGRAMS OF CONDOLENCE HEARTFELT CONDOLENCE ON THE SAD DEMISE OF YOUR REVERED FATHER CHAUDHRY MUHAMMAD ZAFRULLAH KHAN. IN HIM THE COUNTRY HAS LOST AN ILLUSTRIOUS SON WHO WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS GREAT SERVICES TO PAKISTAN DURING ITS INFORMATIVE YEARS. GHULAM ISHAQ KHAN-—CHAIRMAN SENATE I HAVE LEARNED WITH GREAT SORROW OF THE DEATH OF SIR MUHAMMAD ZAFRULLA KHAN WHOSE CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK OF THE COURT WILL BE LONG REMEMBERED. ON BEHALF OF ALL MY COLLEAGUES I WISH TO EXTEND TO YOU AND TO SIR MUHAMMAD’S RELATIVES OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY. NAGENDRA SINGH PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL COURT. SORRY TO LEARN OF THE PASSING AWAY OF YOUR UNCLE AND FATHER IN LAW. PLEASE ACCEPT MY HEARTFELT SYMPATHY FOR THIS IRREPARABLE LOSS TO YOUR FAMILY. SINCERELY SIAKA STEVENS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE. I WAS DEEPLY GRIEVED TO LEARN OF THE PASSING AWAY OF MY DEAR FRIEND THE LATE SIR ZAFRULLAH KHAN. HE SHALL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMANITY AND TO JUST CAUSES EVERYWHERE ESPECIALLY THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE. HE WAS INDEED A CHAMPION OF THE ARAB CAUSE AND HIS CEASELESS EFFORTS WHETHER AMONG THE MUSLIM AND ALIGNED COUNTRIES OR AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE WILL REMAIN FOR EVER A SHINING EXAMPLE OF A GREAT MAN TRULY DEDICATED TO THE NOBLE PRINCIPLES OF OUR FAITH AND CIVILIZATION. PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES. MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS HIS SOUL AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE. HUSSAIN —• HIS MAJESTY KING HUSSAIN OF JORDAN. I RECEIVED WITH MUCH SADNESS YOUR MESSAGE ABOUT THE DEATH OF YOUR UNCLE. MY DEEP SYMPATHY GOES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN YOUR LOSS. ELIZABETH R. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. I WAS GREATLY SADDENED TO LEARN THAT SIR MOHAMMAD ZAFRULLA KHAN PASSED AWAY ON 1 SEPT. HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO HIS COUNTRY AND TO THE WORLD ORGANIZATION WILL BE REMEMBERED BY MANY AND WITH DEEP RESPECT. MAY I EXTEND TO YOU AND TO ALL THE FAMILY MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES. JAVIER PEREZ DE CUELLAR — GENERAL SECRETARY UN.