PAKISTAN IDEOLOGY AND QUAID E AZAM
• He changed the course of history. He was a real charismatic leader possessing a visionary leadership.
• Gave practical shape to the ideology given by Sir Syed and Allama Iqbal
• He started his political career in 1906 by joining the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1909 and in 1913 he also joined the All India Muslim League (AIML). Now he was member of both the political parties.
• Having disagreement with Gandhi on the issue of Swaraj (self-rule), complete freedom from the British and on using extra-constitutional means, Jinnah resigned from the Congress in 1920.
His early efforts to promote Hindu-Muslim unity were materialized when THE LUCKNOW PACT (1916) was signed. The Hindus accepted the Muslim demands:
o Separate Electorate
o One-third Seats in Central Legislature
o protection of minority rights
• In the Nehru Report, the accepted Muslim rights were ignored. Jinnah retaliated forcefully by presenting 14 Points in 1929.
• 1935 onwards Quaid started emphasizing on separate identity of Muslim and a separate nation. Started mobilizing masses.
• 1937 there are only two parties in India said Nehro on performance of ML in elctions. Quaid said “Muslims are third party in India”
• 1939 “Muslim and Hindu are two nations. We are going to live as a nation and play a role as a nation.”
• March 9, 1940
Quaid wrote his only article published in British media namely “Time and Tide”. He discussed 1.How Hindu and Muslims are separate nations? 2. What should be future of India and how Muslims can be accommodated well?
• He emphasized on Islam as well as modern democracy, Social economic justice and rights of minorities.
• “Pakistan was to be a modern democratic state that derived its ethical foundation from Islam where the source of guidance and inspiration for constitution making and governance is going to be Islam”
• “It has been taken for granted mistakenly that Muslims are a minority, and of course we got used to it for such a long time that these settled notions sometimes difficult to remove. The Muslims are not a minority; the Muslims are a nation by every definition. By all canons of international law we are a nation.” 23rd March 1940
• ““India is not a nation, nor a country. It is a sub continent of nationalities, Hindus and Muslims belong the two major nations. The Hindus and the Muslims belong to two different religion, philosophies. Social customs and literature. They belong to two different civilizations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions. Their aspect on life and of life are different. It is quite clear that both derive their inspirations from different sources of history” 23rd March 1940
• “We are a nation with our distinct culture and civilization, language and literature, art and architecture, sense of values and proportions, legal laws and moral codes, customs and calendars, history and traditions. In short we have our distinct outlook on life and of life By all canons of International law we are a separate nation.” 1942
• The Muslims are nation by every right to establish their homeland” 1942
• “We should base our democracy on the principals and concepts of Islam” Feb 1942
• “Pakistan does not mean freedom and independence only, but the Islamic ideology as well which has to be preserved.” June 1945
• “I cannot understand a section of people who deliberately want to create a mischief and make propaganda that the constitution of Pakistan will not be made on the basis of Shariat. Islamic principals today are as applicable to life as they were 1300 years ago.” Jan 25, 1948 Eid Milad Un Nabbi Karachi Bar Association