“Pakistan can only be achieved through shedding blood of ourselves, and if need be, and if opportunity arose, by shedding blood of others. Muslims are no believers in Ahimsa.”

— Abdur Rab Nishtar

Source: Attributed by Gurbachan Singh Talib in Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab 1947, p. 34 https://books.google.com/books?id=WScbAAAAIAAJ&q=Pakistan+can+only+be+achieved+through+shedding+blood+of+ourselves,+and+if+need+be,+and+if+opportunity+arose,+by+shedding+blood+of+others.+Muslims+are&dq=Pakistan+can+only+be+achieved+through+shedding+blood+of+ourselves,+and+if+need+be,+and+if+opportunity+arose,+by+shedding+blood+of+others.+Muslims+are&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwidlJ3gj_vqAhUyHbkGHeBYCTcQ6AEwAnoECAYQAg, 1950, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee

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