2011–12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2011–12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is the premier first-class domestic cricket competition in Pakistan. Named after Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, the Trophy was introduced in 1953 to help pick the squad for Pakistan's Test tour of England in the forthcoming year. The competition has been contested sometimes by regional teams, sometimes by departments, and sometimes by a mixture of the two. Seven regional teams competed in the first competition. However, in 1956–57, it was decided that Karachi and Punjab would have to enter three teams each, to make the teams more evenly matched. Karachi teams have
Mughal-e-Azam thanks to my God until the day of resurrection"). The author of the stage play on which the film is based, Imtiaz Ali Taj, believed that the legend had no historical base, but historians have suggested that Anarkali may have been a painter, a dancer, or a courtesan, or one of Akbar's wives and the mother of Salim's half-brother Prince Daniyal. While an earlier film version of the story, "Anarkali" (1952), contained a disclaimer stating that the story had no foundation in history, "Mughal-e-Azam" made no such claim. "Mughal-e-Azam" takes numerous liberties with historical fact. Historian Alex von Tunzelmann says