They couldn’t keep even the most important, historical and a sacred copy of the newspaper in a good shape. What a shame!!

What a beautiful first anniversary message to the country by the Quaid "Nature has given you everything: you have got unlimited resources. The foundations of your State have been laid, and it is now for you to build, and build as quickly and as well as you can. So go ahead and I wish you God speed.” What message is the nation giving back to this great man on its 65th anniversary? Have we done enough or we have destroyed or still destroying. Ask our conscence!!!!

I could not help but notice one headline from 1949: "Save Kashmir from Tyranny". It's 2012 now & the issue still lingers in our minds!

After this Pakistan lost its track! So many killings .. I wish Pakistan learns from China

I am surprised that Dawn have not been able to save this 1ST DAY paper intact. Why on earth you have disabled "click on images to enlarge" tab?

"Foreign Powers Warned Not to Meddle In The States Internal affairs" so it has been going on since then. But what lessons have been taken. Nothing, Nothing, and just Nothing.

Two small observations on the first image: 1. The sub-headlines carries the Quaid's assuring message of tolerance to minorities. What a shame that the nation has thrown that promise to the wind. 2. On a lighter note, this year's Idependence Day has coincided with 26th Ramadan, which was the exact lunar Islamic date on August 14, 1947. Sweet. In all these years, I never realized that we got our freedom in the holy month.

Qaide Aazam Pakistan died with him. There was contradiction between his secular life, thoughts and politics. Politics won and continues to date. These are the days of democracy, without secularism democracy is hollow. Present day secularism is not anti religion.

The awkward moment when 27th Ramadan occurred on 15th August 1947 and for 66 years we are taught otherwise!

Thank You Dawn, Thank you so much for showing the Aug 15th 1947 edition of DAWN, founded by our most beloved Quaid-e-Azam and Edited by our beloved Altaf Hussain the then Editor of DAWN. As a humblest admirer of DAWN and a vivid reader of the Editorials and articles written by late Altaf Hussain, this only brought tears to my eyes while refreshing the old memories of those old golden days of Pakistan. In 1963 an Indian members of Lok Sabha had asked the then Prime Minister of India, that, Pakistan has gotten the Independence splitting from India only but there is not a single Pakistani in West and East Pakistan who passes a single night without food and shelter. Whereas in India there are several thousands homeless people passing their days and nights on the street of Delhi, Bombay and Calcutta?

"Qaid-e-Azam assures minorities of Islamic tolerance and regard." - famous last words on the front page?

Thanks Dawn for this gift of Independence day . Could you please let us click on the images to enlarge them and read through the history?

Thanks for sharing these Dawn, loved it. would have helped more if these were high resolution images that you could zoom and read the fine print.