“Not many people know that, while still in the land of his birth, Azad sahib wrote Tarana-e-Pakistan at the behest of the people with authority in Pakistan” (Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s office?), says Dr Khaliq Anjum (author and general secretary, Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu Hind) in his foreword to “Jagan Nath Azad – Hayat Aur Adabi Khidmaat” (page 10) published in 1993. He continues, "What can be a greater honour, particularly for a non-Muslim, than having his Tarana broadcast from Radio Lahore immediately after the announcement of Pakistan's establishment on the night of 14 August 1947?”