It was indeed a sigh of relief to see PM Nawaz Shariff visit Karachi and address Pakistani Hindu community to wish them Happy Diwali. Few people would remember that Jogendra Nath Mandal, a leader of Scheduled Castes of Bengal was one of founding fathers of Pakistan who supported Quaid-e-Azam and movement for creation of Pakistan. After Partition he became Member of Constituent Assembly and also served as its temporary Chairman for some time. J N Mandal was Quaid’s choice as Minister for Law and Labour in addition to serving as secondary Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in his Cabinet and served in that capacity till 1950. It is also a historical fact that when the announcement of independence was made on the night of 14 August, an anthem written at the request of Quaid-e-Azam by Jagan Nath Azad, an admirer of Allama Iqbal, who authored “Roedad-e-Iqbal” was broadcast from Radio Pakistan, Lahore. The wordings of this anthem were “Zarre tere hein aaj sitaaron se taabnak, ay sar zameen-e-Pak”