Muhammad Ali Jinnah , considered Quaid-e-Azam ( `` Great Leader '' ) , informed Lord Mountbatten : `` when I am Governor-General the Prime Minister will do what I tell him to '' -- however Jinnah 's rapidly declining health made the issue moot . Muhammad Ali Jinnah , considered Quaid-e-Azam ( `` great leader '' ) , informed Lord Mountbatten : `` when I am Governor-General the Prime Minister will do what I tell him to '' .