Abstract
Dawn, begun as a weekly newspaper in 1941 and transformed into a daily in 1942, was the main avenue through which Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948), the Quaid-i-Azam (Great Leader), and the All-India Muslim League, advocated the creation of Pakistan when the partition of India became the party's demand after the Lahore Resolution of 23 March 1940. The newspaper became such a symbol of identification with the League that carrying it was a statement in itself and it was used, especially by students and young people, to announce to others that it supported the demand for Pakistan. Its news pages, its editorials and its invited articles were used to publicize, to advocate and to defend the demand for Pakistan from criticism from the British, the Indian National Congress and other Muslims. It was also used to establish the figure of Jinnah as the charismatic leader of the Muslims of South Asia.
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